Real women have curves - curves do not equal rolls

Shanna_Inc86

This is what I think of by "real women have curves"
She has a booty, she has boobs and is in great shape!
There doesn't have to be one extreme or another.

stylistchik

I totally agree. I also heard somewhere that "curves" on women mean she has a defined waist, with larger hips and bust. If you're obese, most likely your waist has been lost.

CMmrsfloyd

Those are the kind of curves I'm trying to upgrade to. My old curves were too lumpy. :-)

Psychomasokism

aaand this is exactly what I've been saying for years, lol.

Smuterella

but, also, real women can be very thin, some people naturally are. All women are real women regardless of their body size and shape.

laughingdani

While I totally agree with what you're saying and I would LOVE to look like Jessica, at my height I don't think I would ever look that "slender" unless I got way below my goal weight. I have a shorter waist and legs. Anyhow, she looks great and she looks healthy. You can definitely see that she has kept her body trim and in shape with hard work....not starvation. But it makes me feel a little better to think that she might still have a teeny tiny belly roll when she's sitting down. LOL!

stephabef

I think this can be a problematic phrase. I know many pencil-shaped women, and they will never have curves nor the coveted hourglass figure, regardless of weight.

I'm lucky enough to have been blessed with an hourglass, so I can't know what that feels like from experience, but I prefer to think that "real" women come in all shapes and sizes! Rolls definitely aren't healthy, this is true.

kylielouttit

I agree!

I hate ad campaigns that celebrate "real women" but still show unhealthy, obese women. Dove soap comes to mind.

Amy_B

Those are the kind of curves I'm trying to upgrade to. My old curves were too lumpy. :-)

Amen!

I would LOVE to have a body like hers!!!

carrie_eggo

This is what I think of by "real women have curves"
She has a booty, she has boobs and is in great shape!
There doesn't have to be one extreme or another.

She also has a wedgie...ha ha

BeautyFromPain

I have been saying this for years, why has noone listened to me?
Curves is a body shape... not size!

Shanna_Inc86

I agree with all of you.

I have a friend who tries SO HARD to gain weight. She is naturally very slender & hates it bc she's been picked on her entire life for it.

I don't have an hour glass shape myself. My chest is too small & my waist isn't narrow enough.

Kylie, you said it right.

learningtolove

Personally I think the entire phrase is offensive. I know some girls who are tiny with extremly fast metabolisms. They wish they could gain weight because of people saying things like "Real women have curves". Real women are women who respect themselves.

saw somebody already mentioned this,but I still stand by it.

twoscimitars

I agree!

I hate ad campaigns that celebrate "real women" but still show unhealthy, obese women. Dove soap comes to mind.

I don't know that I would consider any one of the women on the Dove commercials "obese." They're probably more at the higher end of their BMI.

canroadrunner

I have curves when I stand up. I have rolls when I sit down.

BeautyFromPain

I agree with all of you.

I have a friend who tries SO HARD to gain weight. She is naturally very slender & hates it bc she's been picked on her entire life for it.

I don't have an hour glass shape myself. My chest is too small & my waist isn't narrow enough.

Kylie, you said it right.

Wanna trade?
My chest is too big it gives me back pains :grumble:

ItsJustK

It looks to me like she has a wedgie.

IronmanPanda

This is what I think of by "real women have curves"
She has a booty, she has boobs and is in great shape!
There doesn't have to be one extreme or another.

She also has a wedgie...ha ha

Why yes... yes she does...

laughingdani

I agree!

I hate ad campaigns that celebrate "real women" but still show unhealthy, obese women. Dove soap comes to mind.

I don't know that I would consider any one of the women on the Dove commercials "obese." They're probably more at the higher end of their BMI.

This.^^^^^

I particularly enjoy the Dove ads and think they're beautiful.

shazzam05

Dammit, I am so sick of women being defined by their body shape. How come real men are defined by their attitudes / behaviours & not their body shape?

havingitall

I agree!

I hate ad campaigns that celebrate "real women" but still show unhealthy, obese women. Dove soap comes to mind.

I don't know that I would consider any one of the women on the Dove commercials "obese." They're probably more at the higher end of their BMI.

I agree...none of them are obese. They just aren't the "Hollywood" version of what women should be. The whole point of their ads is to give a healthy body image and not one that says everybody needs to be a size 0 to be considered attractive.

CarolynB38

I totally agree. I also heard somewhere that "curves" on women mean she has a defined waist, with larger hips and bust. If you're obese, most likely your waist has been lost.

I agree too but I have to say, I am obese and I have a very defined waist to the extent I can't get skirts and trousers to fit :laugh: My booty and boobies are the problem: I'm hoping to lose some of my "curves"!!!

JennysMan

This is what I think of by "real women have curves"
She has a booty, she has boobs and is in great shape!
There doesn't have to be one extreme or another.

She also has a wedgie...ha ha

Why yes... yes she does...

The picture also makes it look like she's trying to grope that guy....lol!

summertime_girl

Real women don't hang out with Yankees players.

yoli_bee

I have been saying this for years, why has noone listened to me?
Curves is a body shape... not size!

Beyonce...best curves ever!!! Sometimes I think I'm curvy, then I remember I don't have much of a bust anymore, aha.

snookumss

I agree!

I hate ad campaigns that celebrate "real women" but still show unhealthy, obese women. Dove soap comes to mind.

I don't know that I would consider any one of the women on the Dove commercials "obese." They're probably more at the higher end of their BMI.

This.^^^^^

I particularly enjoy the Dove ads and think they're beautiful.

The women in the Dove ads can be in the "overweight" range.. but they aren't anywhere near Obese. I have been obese, these women aren't. Look at my profile pic. Beginning? Obese. Current? High End overweight. I wouldn't consider my "curves" as that bad anymore. I never used "Curves" as a qualifier for my fatness at 200lbs either.

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=Dove+soap+real+women&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS459US459&biw=1636&bih=727&tbm=isch&tbnid=bbsU2Tju7autJM:&imgrefurl=http://womenscosmeticsinthemedia.blogspot.com/2011/04/dove.html&docid=e-QBOc8osf8FCM&imgurl=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MpVHiqkMx5E/TbaFhZSf44I/AAAAAAAAARc/syDHxjz-o5Y/s1600/dove-models-real-beauty.jpg&w=557&h=208&ei=f4cRT7msGaqjiQLyqfHWDQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=305&vpy=283&dur=370&hovh=130&hovw=351&tx=177&ty=82&sig=111908385552673546092&page=1&tbnh=62&tbnw=168&start=0&ndsp=26&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0

amonkey9

All they really are saying that some women are using the term "curves" too loosely. It annoys me when very obese women say " I'm not fat, I'm curvey and voluptuous. " I'm sorry, but no, you're fat. -____-
( I feel okay saying this because I too was once fat. No I did not try to say I was "curvey". I took it for what it was)

brindlechewy

I think this can be a problematic phrase. I know many pencil-shaped women, and they will never have curves nor the coveted hourglass figure, regardless of weight.

I'm lucky enough to have been blessed with an hourglass, so I can't know what that feels like from experience, but I prefer to think that "real" women come in all shapes and sizes! Rolls definitely aren't healthy, this is true.

Thanks for saying this. I lack the curved hips and waist, but I'm sure that I have a double X chromosome and am therefore a "real" woman in the literal sense of the word.

loventea

Real women are. Period.
They may have curves, they may not. They may be thin, they may be fat. They're all still real women. Women already have so many problems because of what people tell us what a "Real Woman" should do and/or be.

Now what may be ATTRACTIVE to someone is different. If you think women with curves minus the rolls are attractive, that's perfectly fine.

BlueEyesXoXo

Agreed!

SassyCalyGirl

Real women don't hang out with Yankees players.

just what I was thinking!