Child bearing hips? Some people have larger frames with bigger bone structures. Like some women look like bears, whom may not be "FAT" but fit the qualities of being able to have lots of kids, etc.

Yet still at least in America, everyone wants the skinny tall anorexic type. Skinny tall anorexic types don't look like they could support children AT ALL.

And i think the stigma is worse with large women than it is with large men. If you're a large man, but you're really rich, you can kind of get away with it.

Wow, there are a lot of misconceptions in this thread.

1. "they eat a lot" / "they have no self-control" - how the hell do you know? Different people have different biological rhythms. You can take any two people, have them eat exactly the same things in the same amounts, and different amounts of fat will be added to their bodies. A friend of mine growing up had several brothers, ate less than any of them, yet was heavier than any of them, for example. So we should all realize that people are different and not to judge them by a difference of physical appearance.

2. "obesity is unhealthy" - only if you are vegging out on the couch and not in good shape. There are people who are naturally bigger yet are in excellent respiratory shape. Besides, someone like Arnold Schwarzenegger is considered "obese" if you pay attention to something like BMI, which is deeply flawed.

3. "it's nature" that society looks down on fat people - on the contrary, during many periods of history society favored fatter people. You only think this because the current societal trend is toward 80-pound women with their ribs sticking out as the models.

A really good question is why would someone consider someone who is anorexic or bulimic attractive as compared to someone slightly "overweight." These eating disorders are just as bad (and as prevalent) as obesity, and more prevalent in young women. I have a cousin who is afflicted and it is the most horrible, horrible thing to see her life so affected from something that was helped to occur by our society's insane obsession with everything ultra-thin.

I should have been more clear in my post. It is societies fault that fat people are looked down upon but what is considered beautiful is mostly our instincts. Boobs and hips are not the only factors. We also look at things like symmetry and posture. There is also such a thing as too skinny and our society puts such a premium on being good looking that it causes devastating problems such as anorexia and bulimia.

Well it depends, the word "fat" is being used on women that just aren't. While annorexic is not being used where it should be..

Society didn't tell me that fat chicks aren't attractive.
I told me that fat chicks aren't attractive.

I don't like anorexic types (read: most of the "supermodels" today) either though.

Everyone's thinking about this too hard. Simply put, women of a healthy wait look more attractive to the great majority of men than fat women. Curves are more defined, everything's just more attractive. It's not because they eat too much, lack self control, etc. They simply aren't as attractive. Why do some people like blonde to brown hair? Why do some prefer curls to straight? It's all subjective; it just happens that the great majority of men think the same way when it comes to fatness.

I would love a fat chick as long as she had huge boobs (Genuine big boobs, not the pudgy fat ones that people get when they are really big).

Were some of you born under a rock?

I have large friends who have BEAUTIFUL girlfriends.

It's all about personality and confidence.

Take notes, nerds. :)

I am friends with Homer Simpson too. Seriously, maybe kinda large, but obese guys don't get beautiful girls.

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