Women overestimate men's attractedness to thin body types

throwra_coolname209 · 2020-12-20T08:44:22+00:00

This issue hit particularly close to home as I've had a girlfriend who for the life of me would not understand that I found her attractive even though she was overweight by 50lbs.

Furthermore, it goes to further prove that for men, body types are usually just a literal preference and nothing more. Few men in my personal life have been adamant about saying or marrying women of a particular body type. I don't think I've ever encountered the trope of a guy seriously judging women by attractiveness despite not considering his own - any case that involves the opposite is usually a guy offering up pure hypotheticals.

I, for one, am tired of the notion that guys are super shallow about body types when every man I've met seems to not have a hard line to which they draw that trait

Robble93 · 2020-12-20T11:07:20+00:00

People who call men shallow for having preferences, assume "preferences" equals "deal-breakers". Sure a guy might find red hair to have a certain special appeal to it. But this doesn't mean he thinks other hair colours are ugly. For women it's considered to be completely normal if they "can't" date short guys.

GaborFrame · 2020-12-20T12:57:11+00:00

So that's... toxic femininity then?

Skirt_Douglas · 2020-12-20T16:45:34+00:00

It’s pretty hilarious that feminists claim straight men are determining the beauty standards of the fashion industry, when the people who are actually hiring these models are probably either not men, or not straight. The fashion industry as a whole is only about 12% male.

Throwawayingaccount · 2020-12-20T14:16:52+00:00

I'm surprised by this, considering how prevelant the "Thicc" meme is. I would have thought said meme would make women think less of being thin.

GalileosTele · 2020-12-20T15:05:46+00:00

In other news, water is wet.

2020-12-20T19:52:23+00:00

I often see this used by women as a coping mechanism. Just say something along the lines of "the guy left me because he wanted someone skinny" when the reality is that guys are much more open minded about body types, and guys actually care about personality a great deal.

This type of thinking allows women to remove themselves from personal responsibility and instead accuse the guy of being "shallow".

kanray86 · 2020-12-20T11:26:53+00:00

men have preferences, women have requirements

webernicke · 2020-12-20T21:02:35+00:00

It's not just thin body types. It's hair length/texture, nails, social status, career, skin color/tone, dress size, eye color etc. I've had women shocked that I was attracted to them despite this or that tiny "flaw" which I hadn't even noticed as a problem. Any cursory glance at porn reveals that, while individual preferences and broad trends do exist, almost any combination of traits is acceptable and attractive to some group of men even to the extreme.

It's one of the red flags about the feminist narratives that depicts society as heavily misogynistic. In my experience seems like men absolutely adore the broadest proportion of women.

C0dey · 2020-12-22T12:12:40+00:00

It's pretty accurate for me, I hate pigs of both genders.

Thebannedwereright · 2020-12-22T13:24:24+00:00

I used to pay a lot of attention to what I was attracted to when I was a feminist who believed in not objectifying people.

But ever since I learned that feminists don't care about the instrumentalisation and objectification of men... I just don't care anymore about imposing traditional beauty standards.

qemist · 2020-12-20T21:23:07+00:00

Who cares? Let them deal with their own mental problems.

Title	Women overestimate men's attractedness to thin body types
Author	throwra_coolname209
Upvotes	87
Comments	26
Date	December 20, 2020 8:39 AM UTC (5 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates
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