Full figured women are good looking. Who's with me?

[coloradodem2005]

n/t

[WMliberal]

1. hell yeah

just look at renee zellweger in chicago vs. bridget jones diary.

[CO Liberal]

2. ME!! ME!!! ME!!!!!

I've prefered the larger feminine form since I was a kid. With the exception of a few years in jr high and high school (when I tried to deny my preference), every woman I've ever been involved with has been large - they ranged between 180 and 450 pounds.

[rfranklin]

17. I think the appropriate phrase is "chubby chaser"

Personally, I like to be able to readily identify the pudendal cleft of my chosen partner.

[DivinBreuvage]

24. What a class act. Bet you score big with the thin girls, too. n/t

[CO Liberal]

84. And With An Attitude Like That....

...I'm sure that not very many women choose YOU.

[VoteDemocratic2004]

3. How about in-betweens?

My old boyfriend dumped me for a big boned woman.

I have been on both ends and It doesn't matter about the size of the person it matters about how big their heart is.

[Gothic Sponge]

6. True, but think the point of the thread is not all men just look for

super models.

[VoteDemocratic2004]

11. Large woman are always beautiful

Did anyone ever notice that?

[Gothic Sponge]

4. I agree

I like healthy women with a little meat, than bone thin girls.

[VoteDemocratic2004]

8. What do you guys consider heavy?

I am 30 pounds overweight and I wear a size 10/12 is that heavy?

[No2W2004]

38. Hell no

not even close!

[Bombtrack]

62. Yes

overweight is... overweight

[Pithlet]

73. Almost on cue... n/t

[CO Liberal]

85. And Narrow-Minded Is Narrow-Minded

[mvd]

5. Oh, I agree

Kate Winslet and Queen Latifah are two good examples.

[nini]

7. any man that answers yes to this needs to post their marital status

age and location etc.. I'll be taking names! :-)


Depends on the woman of coure, but as a full figured woman.. I know we can be good lookin and sexy too!

[coloradodem2005]

13. I'm single.

;-)

[nini]

16. so, uh.... how YOU doing?

:-)

[coloradodem2005]

18. Fine. You?

:-)

[nini]

19. fabulous..

still waking up here.. in So. Cal.

good to wake up to a thread to see there are still good guys out there that appreciate us non waif ladies.

You have helped start my day off well. Thanks! :hi:

[coloradodem2005]

21. Glad I could help.

If there is anything else you need. Feel free to email me. ;)

[nini]

30. Perhaps I will

:-)


funny thread.. I see there are a few dissenters below and I won't be surprised if it ends up a flamefest. Oh well, we are all different and appreciate different things in life.

[pagerbear]

9. You betcha!

See my post here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x1537684#1537848

Seriously, when I meet a man, I consider everything--heart, mind, physical features--and not just how he compares to some ideal other people (Hollywood, the advertising industry) have decided is best.

I want to see more diversity in the entertainment and advertising media. And I want it now, dammit!!!!!!

[EstimatedProphet]

10. Absolutely

I like curves. The Prophetess is full-figured btw.

[LibertyorDeath]

12. Curves baby!!!

WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!

Yeah!!

Love Em!!!

[drdon326]

14. Who do you mean ? Name 3. n/t

.

[WillyBrandt]

22. Still waiting...

[drdon326]

23. Ditto. n/t

.

[nini]

26. Sophia Loren, Queen Latifah, Marilyn Monroe

.

[WillyBrandt]

27. I'll give you Marilyn. NOT the Queen.

And I'll grant you that Marilyn would be considered full figured today. (A bit of a curse, that as our changing diet has made us larger, so our "standard" of feminine attractiveness has gotten ever slimmer.)

But I never understood why anyone thought QL was good looking. She's always seemed to me to be unattractive totally--not merely as a function of her weight, but overall

[mvd]

32. I don't agree about Queen Latifah being unattractive, but..

I'll add Drew Barrymore to my other 2 to make 3. Some think Drew has gotten too chubby, but I disagree. I'm stocky myself, so I have no problem with some chubbiness.

[WillyBrandt]

35. Drew is great. Her attractiveness is certainly not only physical...

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

65. Drew also just lost about 30 pounds recently

so she is now pretty damn thin. She's off the list!

[mvd]

80. I've seen her lately and she's still full-figured

For that reason, I think she should stay on the list.

[nini]

33. I think queen is beautiful..

It's all relative I guess.

Nothing wrong with preferring women to be thin - that's your choice and just how you're wired.

But it is possible for others to see the same qualities you do in a person who may have a bit more to the body.

If we were all the same - how boring would life be?

[WillyBrandt]

36. It's not her weight--I just don't see how _anyone_ could find her attractv

[nini]

39. I understand..

my point is if you didn't know anything about her otherwise, she's attractive regardless of her size.

[CO Liberal]

83. The Most Attractive Thing About Queen Latifah To Me....

...is her self-confidence. She carries herself as a woman who is proud of her heritage and proud of her body - and that is true beauty, IMHO.


Source: http://www.cnn.com/

[Wheelie_Alex]

45. Queen Latifah is an avid sportbike rider

and that makes her Gorgeous in my book. Well, I find her striking whether she rides or not.

I like women who you can grab onto. A little jiggle when you slap their but so to speak.

[mvd]

48. I don't find her striking, but she's pretty cute

I like cute. So I'm between you and the one who finds her unattractive.

[drdon326]

28. I' ll agree with Marilyn. n/t

.

[nini]

34. Sarah Rue(sp) seems to be popular too

She's not your standard Hollywood body.


I think she's pretty too.

[southpaw]

92. Sara Rue is my dream girl!

[coloradodem2005]

40. Kate Winslet.

She is quite beautiful

[mvd]

50. Agreed

:hi:

[DivinBreuvage]

15. A nice counterbalance to some of the Candy Crowley threads

Thanks, guys! From another buxom, full-bosomed, big-bottomed gal. :evilgrin:

[soothsayer]

20. I prefer a little meat on the bones, yeah! nothing hurts like two skinny

boney people tryin' to get it on---razor sharp hip bones clashin', youch!

Much better when the two of yaz are beefy.

[SarahB]

25. Define full figured.

It's so variable. I'm a more curvaceous type, but still in a healthy weight range. Depending on perspective, some might call me slender, average, or full-figured. I used to be very hung up about not being "skinny" when I was younger, but that's just not my body type. I don't seem to have a huge problem attracting people though. :shrug:
I think the point is that we all come in different packages and there's someone out there who will appreciate us for who we are. There's no "better"- just differences. To me, that's a good thing. :)

[VoteDemocratic2004]

31. I also want to know what it is

If they mean that 150 pounds is full figured then you can count me in.

[nini]

37. I'm thinking anything that is not model material

could be from a few extra pounds to bigger than normal.


My take is all women can be beautiful and are when they believe it.

[VoteDemocratic2004]

44. Democrats are all beautiful at any size

I have gone from a size 5 to a 28 and back down to a size 10/12.

I am happy with myself right now and I don't care whether I lose another pound or not. Thin, fat or whatever we are all beautiful.

[WillyBrandt]

29. Do you mean "big" or "thick" or "thuck"?

[WillyBrandt]

41. OK--Let's clear this up. Do you mean "not very skinny" or "normal" or

"with a little meat on the bones" or "thick" (normal w/ big T&A) or "chubby" or "fat" or "obese"?

Not being an anorexic model is fine by basically everyone. I'm attracted to everything from skinny to just a bit chubby. I'm not attracted to quite chubby to fat/obese, and I think I'm a pretty typical male in this regard.

[No2W2004]

42. if this is just about physical attraction,

then in my opinion, a lot of the women I see on TV and movies aren't realistic, and not that attractive. Skinny just doesn't do it for me. I like curves. What's on the inside is more important in the scheme of things of course, but that wasn't the topic.

Another thing, if you decide you want to lose weight for health reasons, great!. But it should be your decision, not Hollywood's.

[phaseolus]

43. hey, almost *all* women are good looking...

...assuming they know how to smile once in a while. Curves are nice, they play to another one of those 'secondary sex characteristics' so hips are very feminine.

I'd be interested to hear opinions on chubby guys' attractiveness as a contrast. As a straight guy I'm probably not a credible authority on male attractiveness, but I kinda suspect that big bellies aren't too attractive, no matter who's doing the looking. (I certainly don't like mine -- I'm successfully getting rid of it by exercising like a maniac. About halfway to where I wanna be ... should be there by christmas.)

- married 43 yo bald guy

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

66. I love my husband's belly

it's hairy and chubby, but not TOO much.

He said his standard is that if his belly ever gets to the point that he is having trouble seeing his bits, then he needs to lose weight. He's never been to that point. I think he's just right.

He is 5'6", by the way. I have no idea what he weighs, but he might be described as stocky. He's not even BUILT skinny.

I likey.

[Mara Steele]

46. Amen!

I think curves are cute. :loveya:

[flamingyouth]

47. Thank you!

:hi:

[guitar man]

49. oh hell yeah

that's the stuff. Mrs GTRMAN is defenitely of the "meaty beaty big-n-bouncy" variety and I wouldn't want it any other way.

She's very camera shy, so I don't have any digital pics of her yet, but I found pics of this honey who bears an uncanny resemblence to her. I got mad for a minute because at first I thought she was posing for some other bozo when I can't break out the camera without her running away.

Big girlz rule!

[coloradodem2005]

51. Wow!!!!

n/t

[No2W2004]

52. Very nice!

Congrats!! :toast:

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

67. Lordee

and I thought MY boobs were huge!!!

LOL!

[Beware the Beast Man]

53. Most definitely.

In fact, I married one! Sorry, but full-figured women really don't get their due in society. I prefer a women who is "real" looking, because chances are good that her overall being is much more pleasant. This isn't a knock on the thin, however, by any means.

[screwfacecapone]

54. me too

i co-sign your statement.

[steph_in_az]

55. Fat is not Beautiful

I don't know about anyone else but my opinion on this derives from my own experience. First off, there is a difference between a full figured woman, someone that is big boned, and a small boned woman that is overweight.
I grew up skinny and didn't start gaining weight until later in life. I'm a small boned girl so when you add 50 or 60 extra pounds to my body frame, I look fat, and in my opinion find nothing sexy about it at all.
I can tell you that a couple years ago when I decided that I wasn't going to be fat anymore, and that I was going to control my eating habits and get off my lazy ass and start exercising, I was amazed at the way people started treating me. I'm not sure if it was my attitude or the fact that my sexuality was awakened again, but I not only was treated differently by the general public but it was like I was a man magnet. I started dressing differently showing off my new figure even though it wasn't perfect, by the time I got down to a size 10 I was beating them off of me! So, I have been fat and have had the experience to loose that weight and have seen how life changes afterwards. I know people treat you differently when you are overweight, fair or not! But maybe it's the way you feel about yourself that gets you the new attention??
So, as unpopular as this will be, being fat is not beautiful, there is nothing beautiful about it and nothing healthy about it. When you hear yourself say, I don't care what people think, or I'm beautiful just the way I am, you may consider yourself to be in denial... Comparing fat to Kate Winslet is not accurate she is big boned and carries her weight with poise. Queen Latifah is big boned and was overweight, she proved that when she lost that weight and now is drop dead gorgeous.
You feel different, you dress different and act different when you are thinner period...
Comparing outside beauty with your inside beauty by saying it doesn't matter what I look like just that I have a heart of gold, is like saying a beautiful woman that is ugly on the inside doesn't need to worry about it. You are who you are and inside beauty speaks loudly, but the way you take care of yourself does too. So to the people that are extremely overweight I'm here to tell you life gets better when you aren't carrying around all that extra baggage, it's good for your self-esteem as well as your heart. So throw away your extra large sweat pants and over sized t-shirts and slip into a sexy outfit that really shows your inter beauty and free yourself from the paralyzing limitations that weight puts on you.

[coloradodem2005]

58. I am just trying to promote a healthy attitude.

People need to do what is best for them. I am not saying that one needs to be big to be beautiful. I am saying that people need to do what is healthy. And that should be up to them and not hollywood.

[nini]

63. good for your weight loss.. it's tough and you did it

I don't agree with everything you say but I do believe there are people who are overweight that accept themselves the way they are and really can be happy. You obviously were not and it is good you have come to a place in your life where you feel good about yourself and attractive.

Just as there are people who accept themselves overweight there are those who will never be thin enough and are obsessed with weight loss. Those folks are no more healthy than a person whose weight is affecting their health.

There's all kinds of people out there that fall into many categories - what you needed isn't necessarily the key to happiness for everyone else. I do agree there are many in denial about being too skinny or too fat, but there are those who are what they are and they accept it and don't use that to define themselves.


btw: Welcome to DU! :hi:

[CO Liberal]

86. It's All A Matter of Perspective

A large woman who hates her body (which sounds like you when you were heavire) cannot consider herself beautiful. But a large woman who loves her body is the most beautiful thing in the word to me.

[happynewyear]

56. I've been a size 16 my entire life

well almost my entire life. I was heavier when I was younger, but now a size 16 again. My mother was the same size as I am, so I can't blame it on anything (I could be her twin physically).

I've been beating men off with sticks my entire life. I guess they like the fact that there is more to love - ?

Who knows?

I am glad to see this thread! I was at the grocery store the other day and mentioned "Twiggy" to the guy working there and he said, "I like a lot more meat on the bones than that!".

I'm glad this thin is in crap is finally going away.

I have a young cousin that is bone thin and weighs only 90 lbs. and is 5'8" and both she and her mother are obsessed with size/weight.

I think it is far better to obsess on something important, like what is in the mind.

Our bodies are our vessels. We need to care for them and feed them, not starve them to fit into a size 1 which is the case with my young cousin (age 18). :( Very sad to see this crap.

:dem:

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

68. My husband saw a woman

wearing those ultra low-waisted jeans the other day and her shirt was too small so it rode up and her HIP BONES literally jutted out and were really sharp. We were in the grocery store. It might not have been nice, but he whispered to me, "my GOSH I hope she buys some food!" He told me later he found that disgusting. Said she looked like a refugee.

Different strokes, I guess.

[shanti]

71. omg

5'8" and 90 pounds??? that is most definitely anorexic. models weigh more than that!

[onebigbadwulf]

57. Not me. I like women under 130lbs

Petite and able to be thrown into the air.

[happynewyear]

59. well I like small men

not big tall heavy men, they frighten me for some reason. I like men the same size as myself - very picky here. lol! :)

[Endangered Specie]

60. as I say: "I like mine with a little meat on them".

I dont want one that looks like a starving kid from a 3rd world country, Rib cages are NOT sexy!

[Cuban_Liberal]

61. Me.

I like some meat on the bones. :)

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

64. I'm 5'7"

and I wear either a size 12 or 14, depending. I have a medium frame and an hourglass figure, which I've been told is very well-proportioned. My husband thinks I am completely hot. People don't see me and think "fat" but I am definitely NOT supermodel thin and I don't care--I'm healthy, I feel great and I look good. What more is there?

My husband told me years ago he never was attracted to thin women. He said he was always afraid he'd "break them."

By the way, I have always felt the same about men. Skinny??? Hell no. No thanks. Especially skinny legs. No offense, but nope. I like guys with some meat on their bones. Stocky, even. Fine by me. Heavier guys are better looking, in my opinion.

On edit: in fact, here's my "chunky monkey:"

Sorry I don't know how to resize it, is the picture too big???

[vetwife]

69. Well, this is me now....About 10 lbs heavier than 3 yrs. ago

and Me and my wonderful vet about 3 years ago...
He is is the same size though.
I was pretty sick back then.

[steph_in_az]

87. you look great

I think we were talking about fat!
You look great and don't even fall into that category!

[flamingyouth]

74. I'm 5'7" and wear the same size

I used to weigh a lot more and right now I'm pretty comfortable at my weight.

And your husband is cute! :)

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

77. Thanks!!!!

And he's all scrungy there! (We were camping.)

[vetwife]

78. I am 5 5" and if you were talking about my husband..Thanks..I think so

HE is cute. And the other poster's hubby is probably my son's age or younger and a handsome young man.

[tigereye]

82. he looks fine

and sweet, too. My husband is really big and tall. I like that. I like men who are kind of "bearlike" in the nicest sense of the word. As far as curves go, I think a lot of us are "normal", i.e., size 12-14, 5'4 and up, and curves are normal. I think our culture or at least clothing sellers like to push the bizarre concept that all women should be rail- thin, etc. That is fine for some women, but not what all should aspire to. I like my body just as it is.

[CO Liberal]

70. Proof Positive That Full-Figured Women Are Beautiful

Mrs. CO Liberal

[UpsideDownFlag]

72. when you say full figured, do you mean breasts or everywhere? nt

[jonnyblitz]

75. I am with you. I have many friends are. :) n/t

[aQuArius]

76. A curvy one myself....

I have worked hard to lose a lot of weight, but I really am enjoying my size 14 figure (former size 22). I am fit, I good shape but still have my curves where they count. I have better self-esteem and most men would agree they enjoy the eye candy, even though I'm not skin and bones.

[steph_in_az]

88. good for you!

a size 14 is not huge, in my opinion anyway...

[UdoKier]

79. Full-figured with curves and a personality...

... a la Queen Latifah.

Big fat slobs of either gender are not hot at all.

[steph_in_az]

89. agreed

fat is fat no matter how you roll it...

[LynneSin]

81. Fat Bottom Girls make the Rockin world go round...

get on your bikes and ride

:hi:

[southpaw]

90. I'm with you 100%

To hell with the stick-chicks.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

91. coloradodem

thanks for starting this thread. I honestly had no idea there were so many guys who aren't into rail-thin women. I'm married, so it doesn't really matter for me, but it's nice to let go of that nagging feeling that people are judging you. I'm really not what you would call obese at all, but I am curvy and it's sometimes hard, especially living in Texas, where we are all supposed to be blonde and a size 4.

[HughBeaumont]

93. Rail-thin women = ecch.

What is the HUGE attraction, for instance, to women like Paris Hilton and Gwynneth Paltrow, both of whom have pancake asses that are extensions of their backs?

As long as all of the curves are in place and they aren't shaped like a Granny Smith apple, it really doesn't matter what you weigh. I liked the beauty standards of the 40s and 50s, myself, where everything shot out proud like a rocket and women didn't look like french fries.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

94. Thanks for the giggles

and welcome to DU!!!

By the way, I once dated a guy who had a pancake ass that was just an extention of his back. Nothing to grab onto!!!!

[HughBeaumont]

95. He must've had the "Hank Hill".

Then again, having too pronounced an ass is also bad if you're a male.

Glad to be here.