Real women have curves - curves do not equal rolls

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  • servilia
    servilia Posts: 3,452 Member
    What I'm not real because I don't have boobs... that sucks.. LMAO

    Yep me too!!! Now I won't know which washroom to use! LOL
  • RaeLB
    RaeLB Posts: 1,216 Member
    I think the whole real women have saying is a bunch of bullsh*t

    ^
  • RaeLB
    RaeLB Posts: 1,216 Member
    What I'm not real because I don't have boobs... that sucks.. LMAO

    Yep me too!!! Now I won't know which washroom to use! LOL

    :laugh:
  • Carl01
    Carl01 Posts: 9,307 Member
    What I'm not real because I don't have boobs... that sucks.. LMAO

    Yep me too!!! Now I won't know which washroom to use! LOL

    Yours is the one with the long line. :tongue:
  • JessieNeutronGirlGenius
    JessieNeutronGirlGenius Posts: 268
    shes beautiful! thats my ideal body! you're soooo right though Id rather have curves.
  • MandaJean83
    MandaJean83 Posts: 675 Member
    Those are the kind of curves I'm trying to upgrade to. My old curves were too lumpy. :-)

    LOL!! Same here!

    I think that Jessica Biel is a great inspiration. I also appreciate Beyonce and Halle Berry's curves. They are beautiful and very womanly.
  • DannyMussels
    DannyMussels Posts: 1,842 Member
    What I'm not real because I don't have boobs... that sucks.. LMAO

    Some of the best women I've met have been very thin w/ no boobs.

    It didn't make me any less attracted to them.

    Personality + attitude + health > breast size IMO

    I need someone who can keep up with me at the gym. Not at the buffet line.

    ;)
  • XXXMinnieXXX
    XXXMinnieXXX Posts: 3,459 Member
    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.
    This! I don't think they are obese at all!
  • amyofftherecord
    amyofftherecord Posts: 64 Member
    Some "real women" are naturally too slender to have any curves, and can't put on weight no matter what they do.

    Some "real women" are at healthy weights but carry the fat they do have around their middles, removing any chance of an "hour glass" figure.

    Some "real women" have very small hip-to-waist ratios, and no amount of exercise will widen their hips.

    Real women are whatever shape their body ends up being when they're taking proper care of themselves. Anyone who tries to define what they ought to be is no better than a magazine advocating emaciation or a porn rag pushing plastic.
  • mrschappet
    mrschappet Posts: 488 Member
    ok so when will women just embrace who they are as an individual.. a woman is a woman is a woman.. big boobs, small boobs, lots of booty or none.

    I am thin on top and curvy on bottom so what am I only half a woman!?! I'm talking Large bikini bottom and extra small top :-)

    this whole "real women have curves" thing is no better than women trying to depict stick thin magazine models... women need to stop trying to aim for what society deems correct and start loving themselves for who they are <3 Live life for yourself.. if you want to get thinner do it for you..if you want to be busty and have some junk in the trunk do it for you <3 I won't call you less of a woman for the choice you make :flowerforyou:
  • dadoffo
    dadoffo Posts: 379 Member
    "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder". I heard someone said that.
  • bahacca
    bahacca Posts: 878 Member
    I put a saying on my signature on another group I'm on--it reads
    A WOMAN ISN'T MEASURED BY HER WEIGHT, SHE IS MEASURED BY HER STRENGTH.
  • grapenutSF
    grapenutSF Posts: 648 Member
    I agree it's probably not uber-constructive to say "Real women have [X]" because we're all different, and that's kinda awesome. Variety is the spice of life. It's a cliche bc there's so much truth to it.

    To me, Beyonce is a far better example of "curvy" than Jessica Biel, but both have gorgeous bodies and seem healthy.

    I consider myself curvy bc I was born with a booty. Even in high school, when my bf% was 15%, my bum was noticeably rounder and larger than girls my size. I only recently started to dig that.

    For me, instead of "Real women have X" I like:

    "Health is good. Too much fat is not. Embrace your shape."

    Hm, less catchy though.
  • thesarahsundae
    thesarahsundae Posts: 240 Member
    Real women don't hang out with Yankees players.

    Exactly!!
  • papastu
    papastu Posts: 737 Member
    If you're not sure there's a qualitative and quantitative difference between what Cosmo et al tell women they "should" look like to be "attractive," and what men and women tend to actually find attractive, try comparing images from women's fashion magazines to what guys actually look at for, eh hem, pleasure. check out p0rn. As an example, do a google image search on "gianna michaels" (just sayin)

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    yup,yup,yup
  • lovemydrmartens
    lovemydrmartens Posts: 144 Member
    where are these 'pretend' women then? we are ALL real women! (well... unless you are a man..;) stop aspiring to look like someone else folks.. it's the healthiest you that matters, the rest is bull****...
  • dadoffo
    dadoffo Posts: 379 Member
    Who's to say who is a real women? is there a dictionary definition for it?
  • lovemydrmartens
    lovemydrmartens Posts: 144 Member
    wow! I can't swear on here! that's hilarious!:laugh:
  • dadoffo
    dadoffo Posts: 379 Member
    wow! I can't swear on here! that's hilarious!:laugh:

    Yeah you can. We all know what you're trying to say.
  • lovemydrmartens
    lovemydrmartens Posts: 144 Member
    wow! I can't swear on here! that's hilarious!:laugh:

    Yeah you can. We all know what you're trying to say.


    lol! :blushing:
  • AZKristi
    AZKristi Posts: 1,801 Member
    but, also, real women can be very thin, some people naturally are. All women are real women regardless of their body size and shape.

    Indeed!
  • Nattiejean57
    Nattiejean57 Posts: 217 Member
    Real women are healthy
  • f15htank
    f15htank Posts: 33 Member
    I hate the phrase. Nobody can judge what a "real woman" is based on a body type. It seems to support fat body acceptance, which we need in this society, but it implies that a skinny woman is not "real", something you don't want to be. Bashing on any body type is a no.
  • brandiuntz
    brandiuntz Posts: 2,717 Member
    I have an hourglass figure, and I have my entire life (even in 6th grade lol early bloomer). Large chest, large, bony hips, narrower waist. I hate it when people equate "curves" to a nicer way of saying "rolls". I don't have rolls. I never had rolls. But I do have "curves".

    And those of you that really wish you had an hourglass, it has it's own annoying parts. Like trying to buy a shirt, but only being able to have it fit your boobs or your waist. To get one big enough for your boobs, it's HUGE on the waist. To get one to fit your waist, it looks awkwardly tight in the chest. To get pants that fit over your hips, they are much bigger than your waist etc. But corsets fit well. :)

    I hear ya on the clothes buying! My favorite style of shirt never fits right. And finding a properly fitting pair of jeans..*sigh*
  • servilia
    servilia Posts: 3,452 Member
    Real women are healthy

    Not only do I have small boobs but I also have hypothyroidism! So I'm a double non-woman! LOL

    Not picking on you, just pointing out that there is no "real women" quotes that work.
  • eeeekie
    eeeekie Posts: 1,011 Member
    By curves I don't think of Jessica Beil. She's extremely toned and doesn't have an hourglass figure. When CURVES comes to mind I think of...

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    Or Christina Hendricks from Mad Men
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    Or Jlo
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  • meli_medina
    meli_medina Posts: 594 Member
    Here is my $0.02, for what it's worth...

    I have been a coach for both Girls on the Run and Girls on Track. It's a program in the US that teaches girls in grades 3-5 (for GoTR) and 6-8 (for GoT) not only to run, but also to understand and embrace our differences as females. One of the very first lessons we teach the girls in both programs is about the "Girl Box." It's the box we put ourselves in where we're not ____ enough because we are too _____.

    For some of the girls, they're not beautiful enough because they're too fat. They're not beautiful enough because they're too thin. They're not smart enough, they're not happy enough, they're not whatever their personal limitation is that they think prevents them from being whatever it is they have as their Girl Box standard.

    The idea of curves being beautiful, making you a real woman, making you better than another woman, is a Girl Box idea. If I had a daughter, I would never, ever, ever let her think that any of those Girl Box ideas were acceptable.

    If you have a straight body, if you have a curvy body, if you have a triangle body, if you have an apple body, it is your body and you should love it. You can be obese, love yourself, but know that you need to get healthier. The reason one makes those changes shouldn't be because you're not (thin/curvy/beautiful) enough. You can break out of the girl box and actually be OK with how you look, regardless if you are working to change that.
  • iKapuniai
    iKapuniai Posts: 594 Member
    I'm sorry, but Jessica B. barely qualifies as a woman having "real" curves. To me, she's just plain skinny. Yeah, she's got a nice little tush and real breasts, but "curvy" she is not.

    Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez, Jennifer Hudson (now, not before lol) are the epitome of women with real curves. They're slim and tight, yet voluptuous and healthy. Jessica B. is slim and toned... not curvy.

    Just my opinion.

    Love and Alohas,
    Ihilani Kapuniai
  • mhamlin
    mhamlin Posts: 35 Member
    When I think of curves I think of Marilyn Monroe or Betty Page!
  • iKapuniai
    iKapuniai Posts: 594 Member
    By curves I don't think of Jessica Beil. She's extremely toned and doesn't have an hourglass figure. When CURVES comes to mind I think of...

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    Or Christina Hendricks from Mad Men
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    Or Jlo
    Jennifer-Lopez-in-Bikini.jpg

    YES! Thank you! THAT is what it means to be CURVY!
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