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They Like Big Butts, and They Can Not Lie: Survey Finds Men Prefer Bigger Body Sizes

Posted by Cole Gamble

Drop that rice cake. I said drop it!  For years, okay centuries, women have tortured, teased and starved themselves in the hope of reaching that ideal body size. One would assume this was all for the men. If that’s the case, someone should have asked the men, because ladies have been doing it wrong all along.

 

According to a body survey in the UK mag Fabulous, women claim their ideal body size is a 6. When asked, the men said they though the ideal female body size should be a 10. See the pic for a comparison.*

 
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*These are UK measurements. Size 8 is equivalent to the U.S. size 6, size 12 is a U.S. size 10 and size 16 is a U.S. size 14.

 

Which begs the question, who have women been starving themselves for?  When you ask your guy, “Do you like skinny girls?” and he says “no,” instead of reflexively calling him a liar and hitting him, maybe you should listen. He’s been telling the truth all along. So maybe it’s time to cut out the unending parade of diets and accept the fact men like women the way they look, maybe even more so with a few more pounds. And maybe before you ladies lose all the baby weight, take a second look at how thin you really need to be. The first round of fettuccini is on me.

 

For the record, I think all those ladies up there are hot.

 

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Comments

 

leahsmom said:

And hey, why should anyone be losing weight for anyone else, anyway (putting aside my usual rants about losing weight for a microsecond).  If some man doesn't like your body the way it is, ladies, I say, he can learn to, or he can be left with his own.  My body isn't public property or public art - it's where I live, and what keeps my brain going.  So any other person's opinion about whether they like it or not? Means less than nothing.

August 6, 2008 5:55 PM
 

Caroline said:

Actually, a UK 8 is more like a US 4. (And, similarly, a UK 12 is more like a US 8, a UK 16 is like a US 12.)

August 6, 2008 6:20 PM
 

Alisa said:

Well my husband has always made it clear to me that he likes the curves.

August 6, 2008 6:43 PM
 

K said:

A woman's body size is a lot less important (to men) than her comfort with whatever hers is, and, to that end ... well, ahem...  what he gets to see of it.

August 6, 2008 9:39 PM
 

Shannon said:

I think all of the women pictured looked beautiful, which just goes to show that there isn't one way to be beautiful or one look we've got to achieve. Let's give ourselves a break already.

August 7, 2008 8:03 AM
 

rrr said:

Those women are all lovely . . . and I'm sure they are all still lovely in real life with all the wrinkles, blotches and bulges that have been Photoshopped out of this picture.

August 7, 2008 2:29 PM

About Cole Gamble

Cole Gamble’s writings on the crimes of Willy Wonka, man-eating beds and tales from his cringe-worthy life appear here on Babble, the humor site Cracked, The Daily Beast, The Huffington Post and Salon. He is working on a book entitled, Conquer Everything! A Self Help Book to Destroy All Other Self Help Books and Grant You Mastery in Everything.

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