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.

[ladyjane]

So a thread about men and their lust for curves gets 250+ posts and lots of pictures. A thread about what women like gets 5 comments before it is pulled because it is a "waste of pixels". Hootie must be the admin tonight! or is it Pardek?

[dfwgator]

Natalia Oreiro - Watch out for her!!!!

[SevenDaysInMay]

Anyone looking like cheerful Heidi Klum is desirable. Athletic women are also a most wanted, such as that 6'3" vollyball player - forgot her name.

[Nitro]

No, I got Kathy Ireland, Kristy Swanson and Ari Meyers sites saved...

Two brunettes and a blond...

[Erasmus]

The late, lamented Inger Stevens.

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.

[Captain Beyond]

You can't go wrong with Anna Nicole Smith from the early days. At one point she had to be the hottest babe on the planet.

[Pyro7480]

I think you mean Gabrielle Reece.

[SevenDaysInMay]

Yes! Reece's pieces.

On a more serious note, we all would be lucky to have a mate who would look good to us even with 3rd degree burns.

[Erasmus]

Pic:

[Erasmus]

We're talking about curves, not layers.

Technically, in her case they're called strata.

[krb]

Yeah, no one asked me either. About 5 years ago I started dating my first girlfriend who had real curves and I haven't even looked at an anorexic wench since then. She was plain-looking in the face, but her womanly bosom, narrow waste and nice hips did things to me on an evolutionary scale and made me embarrassed that I ever thought Kate Moss was a babe :-)

[Erasmus]

You are makeing it very hard to heal from open heart surgery . . .

You're lucky it wasn't prostate surgery.

[evolved_rage]

Amen bump.

[evolved_rage]

That's Pam Grier???Damn, I thought she was hot in Jackie Brown...

[Slyfox]

Not to spoil anybody's fun, but is this the current
ideal according to these scientists?

Nah, this is:

[socal_parrot]

Curves is cool...

[Bella_Bru]

Marilyn was a size 14. Sadly, by today's standards, she could only be a "plus size" model.

[evolved_rage]

But what a delicious size 14. I think Bob Dole would not even need a Viagra for her...And can we really blame JFK??? (But Monica is bestiality no matter how you slice it)