Would Mich?

[original PM]

no one gonna comment on the fact she looks like she has a face like a slapped arseee?

[d000hg]

Too thin?! She's just 'normal' (as in not skinny and not fat - rather than he new normal = disgusting fat hippo-croca-pig)

No, that is not a normal body shape. Forget "new normal", you've been brainwashed by TV.
Some people have that shape naturally but it's certainly not the normal natural shape.

[Bellona]

Too thin?! She's just 'normal' (as in not skinny and not fat - rather than he new normal = disgusting fat hippo-croca-pig)

I think she is probably normal in the current convention, I think only Zeity would consider a hippo-croca-pig "the new normal"

[SpontaneousOrder]

No, that is not a normal body shape. Forget "new normal", you've been brainwashed by TV.
Some people have that shape naturally but it's certainly not the normal natural shape.

I've only got to take a quick walk down the high street to see that the new normal is at least 2 stone overweight.

[Mich the Tester]

I've only got to take a quick walk down the high street to see that the new normal is at least 2 stone overweight.

The thread isn't about what's ' normal', it's about what people find 'attractive'. To the endless regret of some people, those are not necessarily the same things.

[SpontaneousOrder]

The thread isn't about what's ' normal', it's about what people find 'attractive'. To the endless regret of some people, those are not necessarily the same things.

Sure.
My original response was to your 'real women' - I know you were probably saying 'real women' are heavier, like you might say real cowboys wear Levis. But lots of people do think that the muffin-tops are normal in the sense of being 'proper'. I don't like it because the fatties' rage against the slim(different to skinny)=attractive stereotype is causing young women to grow up very unhealthy.

I personally don't have too much of a preference as far as attractiveness is concerned (within limits). It's normally which ever i've had the least of until i can manage to tip the scale in the other direction. Variety being the spice of life and all.

[Mich the Tester]

Sure.
My original response was to your 'real women' - I know you were probably saying 'real women' are heavier, like you might say real cowboys wear Levis. But lots of people do think that the muffin-tops are normal in the sense of being 'proper'. I don't like it because the fatties' rage against the slim(different to skinny)=attractive stereotype is causing young women to grow up very unhealthy.

I personally don't have too much of a preference as far as attractiveness is concerned (within limits). It's normally which ever i've had the least of until i can manage to tip the scale in the other direction. Variety being the spice of life and all.

Notice I also said 'not fatties'.

[d000hg]

I've only got to take a quick walk down the high street to see that the new normal is at least 2 stone overweight.

It IS the norm to be overweight in the UK right now, but that doesn't change the fact that that image is not of a "naturally normal" woman. You have to work to have a figure like that, or live in a very poor family. When we look at what's healthy in animals, we don't say they should be skinny but should have a healthy amount of body-fat.

[SpontaneousOrder]

Notice I also said 'not fatties'.

Exactly, implying that if she's not a 'real woman' and she's not a fatty, then she's underweight, which she clearly isn't.

I know you didn't mean it that way now - just saying why I originally called her 'normal'.

[SpontaneousOrder]

or live in a very poor family.

Or just not eat to excess. I know lots of great looking who don't exercise at all - although the ones who do look better (to someone who prefers a more athletic look).