Men lusting for less curves

The Age ^ | 12/20/2002

[ArcLight]

Men's taste in women has changed dramatically over the past half-century, shifting away from girls with curves and big breasts towards the androgynous and the skinny.

The assertion comes from two psychoanalysts who pored over every Playboy from December 1953 and calculated the body mass index of every centrefold. Over 577 issues, the models became taller and their waist increased, while their hips became narrower and their bust became smaller. If Playboy is any guide, the needle on the male sexual compass has switched from Marilyn Monroe to Eva Herzigova, the scientists say.

[pgkdan]

Nobody asked me either. Sophia Loren from the late '50's and early 60's still gets me going. Every time the movie "Houseboat" (1958?) comes on I watch it, just to see her in that gold gown she wore to the Ball at the Country Club. OOH LA LA!

[Long Cut]

Yeah, and she was handy with a shotgun, too!

[Long Cut]

Man, Google's "image search" function is sure getting a workout tonight, huh?

[chasio649]

YOU got that right!

[Pyro7480]

Are you kidding me??? Ms. Zeta-Jones is just right. Maybe even a little too thin for my tastes...nah, she's close enough. The author of this article is either being mislead or is insane. Those who pay attention to their real instincts know curves are the way. There's no way thin androgynous women can have children without breaking bones. Also, I'm surprised no one has posted pictures of either Shakira or Laetitia Casta. Shame on you guys!!

[jwh_Denver]

Nobody asked ME...me like curves. Lots of curves.

Yeah man, I brake for curves.

[conservativemusician]

WOW!

You get an A.

[Pyro7480]

Ooooh man! There's just something almost WRONG about putting food and sensuality together like that. I watch that show, and not JUST for the receipes.
;-)

[montag813]

The problem is, most of these skinny chicks have fake boobs, which make me sick. I would never date a woman with phony breasts. No man should. BOYCOTT.

[wardaddy]

Damn Gawain

That's the first time I've seen her with clothes on.

[wardaddy]

Mine's on my profile page. She suits me just fine.

[wardaddy]

That top far right pic of Sophia is excellent.

[wardaddy]

I've got her cookbook!

[titanmike]

There's no real law of physics says taller women have to be skinny or that an athlete can't be sexy...

[kAcknor]

you've got to wonder how much further we can decline before we hit rock bottom with our collective smut obsession.

kAcknor Sez:

You can see more revealing clothing on young women than what we have posted here simply by walking through any local mall today.

At the risk of making light of what is really a serious subject, it makes Christmas shopping just that much more an adventure. ;)

I don't know how much farther it can go, but I'm not holding my breath for changing it much. Take a look back over the years at style in general. How many times can it be said that those who were "shocked" by whatever the cause changed anything? Not many... None actually. Style comes & goes by it's own mechanism (whatever that is, another thread maybe?) and not much gets in it's way.

"Suvlu'taHvIS yapbe' HoS neH" (Brute strenght is not the most important asset in a fight.)

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[Pyro7480]

Thanks. :-) I've always liked curves over those stick-figure models. I think that's why I like Hispanic women. All the J-Lo jokes aside (I wish she had more brains to go along with those killer curves), if I ever meet a women with killer "child-bearing" hips and a nice umm... posterior, and then the brains and personality to match, I'm set for life, if you know what I mean. ;-)

Here's two examples: Yamila Diaz-Rahi and Elsa Benitez, the last two cover models from the SI Swimsuit Issue. :-D

[pave palestine]

I'm just disgusted at the headline... "less (sic) curves" (?) Is that how they teach people to write in Australia?