"What REAL Women Look Like"

TiffADee

S/O to all the hard working ladies on MFP!! (guys too lol)

I know I've personally always had a issue determining what I TRULY looked like. I could walk into a room, pick the biggest girl in the room and be like "yep, I'm probably about her size". I've gotten A LOT better about that now, but I know there are a lot of women out there who may have the same issue. "What do I really look like?" "What would I look like if I lost some lbs?" "Is my mirror lying to me?"

I stumbled across this website during a desperate Google search to figure out what my body would look like after I reached my goals. Its essentially just a collection of photos of real women of ALL different sizes. You can put in your height, weight, body shape and browse away. Check it out:

www.mybodygallery.com "What Real Women Look Like"

Here's hoping one day we'll stop comparing ourselves to Photoshopped Barbies in the magazines and realize that we are exactly what REAL WOMEN are supposed to look like.

Tiff

polonightmare

I totally agree! It would be nice if more women's aspirations where to be healthy rather then look like the airbrushed archetype of womanhood that the media enforces. x

tb_lawkid13

OH EEM GEE!! I love you for this post!
*goes to look up my size*

jingoace

Wow Interesting to check out my size too.
thanks for sharing the site
J

gemiwing

Wow- that's awesome! Thank you for posting the link!

TheHorribleBlob

Very cool!

girlholiday

“Real women have curves, and not. They are tall, and not. They are brown-skinned, and olive-skinned, and not. They have small breasts, and big ones, and no breasts whatsoever.

Real women start their lives as baby girls. And as baby boys. And as babies of indeterminate biological sex whose bodies terrify their doctors and families into making all kinds of very sudden decisions.

Real women have big hands and small hands and long elegant fingers and short stubby fingers and manicures and broken nails with dirt under them.

Real women have armpit hair and leg hair and pubic hair and facial hair and chest hair and sexy moustaches and full, luxuriant beards. Real women have none of these things, spontaneously or as the result of intentional change. Real women are bald as eggs, by chance and by choice and by chemo. Real women have hair so long they can sit on it. Real women wear wigs and weaves and extensions and kufi and do-rags and hairnets and hijab and headscarves and hats and yarmulkes and textured rubber swim caps with the plastic flowers on the sides.

Real women wear high heels and skirts. Or not.

Real women are feminine and smell good and they are masculine and smell good and they are androgynous and smell good, except when they don’t smell so good, but that can be changed if desired because real women change stuff when they want to.

Real women have ovaries. Unless they don’t, and sometimes they don’t because they were born that way and sometimes they don’t because they had to have their ovaries removed. Real women have uteruses, unless they don’t, see above. Real women have vaginas and clitorises and XX sex chromosomes and high estrogen levels, they ovulate and menstruate and can get pregnant and have babies. Except sometimes not, for a rather spectacular array of reasons both spontaneous and induced.

Real women are fat. And thin. And both, and neither, and otherwise. Doesn’t make them any less real."

VonRockette

^ I think you missed the point of the post...


This site is awesome! It shows a pretty accurate depiction of what I am now with my stats, and I even looked up what body type I'll be looking at when I lose 30 lbs! Cool! Thanks for sharing!

girlholiday

^^ nope, not at all.

i actually look at that site too, but i know a lot of women who enjoy reading that and it helps them. so i figured i would post it too. no need to think i was getting snappy, or defensive. just sharing other things that could make women feel good about themselves.

RemakingMyself

What's really interesting about this site is how several people can be the same height and weight, but have completely different figures and wear completely different sizes.

623Hernandez

I love it! Thanks for sharing!

CaoimheAine

Thank you so much for posting this website

runs4zen

bummer...no pics of people my size. But it's still a cool site!

TiffADee

Love This

TiffADee

Whoops (still new)

“Real women have curves, and not. They are tall, and not. They are brown-skinned, and olive-skinned, and not. They have small breasts, and big ones, and no breasts whatsoever.

Real women start their lives as baby girls. And as baby boys. And as babies of indeterminate biological sex whose bodies terrify their doctors and families into making all kinds of very sudden decisions.

Real women have big hands and small hands and long elegant fingers and short stubby fingers and manicures and broken nails with dirt under them.

Real women have armpit hair and leg hair and pubic hair and facial hair and chest hair and sexy moustaches and full, luxuriant beards. Real women have none of these things, spontaneously or as the result of intentional change. Real women are bald as eggs, by chance and by choice and by chemo. Real women have hair so long they can sit on it. Real women wear wigs and weaves and extensions and kufi and do-rags and hairnets and hijab and headscarves and hats and yarmulkes and textured rubber swim caps with the plastic flowers on the sides.

Real women wear high heels and skirts. Or not.

Real women are feminine and smell good and they are masculine and smell good and they are androgynous and smell good, except when they don’t smell so good, but that can be changed if desired because real women change stuff when they want to.

Real women have ovaries. Unless they don’t, and sometimes they don’t because they were born that way and sometimes they don’t because they had to have their ovaries removed. Real women have uteruses, unless they don’t, see above. Real women have vaginas and clitorises and XX sex chromosomes and high estrogen levels, they ovulate and menstruate and can get pregnant and have babies. Except sometimes not, for a rather spectacular array of reasons both spontaneous and induced.

Real women are fat. And thin. And both, and neither, and otherwise. Doesn’t make them any less real."

Love This^^

gemiwing

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Real women are fat. And thin. And both, and neither, and otherwise. Doesn’t make them any less real."

Love it! I have a knee jerk reaction when I read 'REAL women'. Was glad the OP didn't mean it that way but am also glad you posted the quote. It's a good one.


REAL women- more variety than you'd think

or

REAL women- Voted better than photoshop for ten years running.

SammyPacks

Bump! I LOVE THIS! THANKS~

Pebble321

Thanks OP for the site, I've seen it before and I think it's a great reminder that we are all different. And that's OK.

And thanks Holidaygirl for that quote too, it fits nicely with the fact that we are all different. And that's OK!

LuckyAng

“Real women have curves, and not. They are tall, and not. They are brown-skinned, and olive-skinned, and not. They have small breasts, and big ones, and no breasts whatsoever.

Real women start their lives as baby girls. And as baby boys. And as babies of indeterminate biological sex whose bodies terrify their doctors and families into making all kinds of very sudden decisions.

Real women have big hands and small hands and long elegant fingers and short stubby fingers and manicures and broken nails with dirt under them.

Real women have armpit hair and leg hair and pubic hair and facial hair and chest hair and sexy moustaches and full, luxuriant beards. Real women have none of these things, spontaneously or as the result of intentional change. Real women are bald as eggs, by chance and by choice and by chemo. Real women have hair so long they can sit on it. Real women wear wigs and weaves and extensions and kufi and do-rags and hairnets and hijab and headscarves and hats and yarmulkes and textured rubber swim caps with the plastic flowers on the sides.

Real women wear high heels and skirts. Or not.

Real women are feminine and smell good and they are masculine and smell good and they are androgynous and smell good, except when they don’t smell so good, but that can be changed if desired because real women change stuff when they want to.

Real women have ovaries. Unless they don’t, and sometimes they don’t because they were born that way and sometimes they don’t because they had to have their ovaries removed. Real women have uteruses, unless they don’t, see above. Real women have vaginas and clitorises and XX sex chromosomes and high estrogen levels, they ovulate and menstruate and can get pregnant and have babies. Except sometimes not, for a rather spectacular array of reasons both spontaneous and induced.

Real women are fat. And thin. And both, and neither, and otherwise. Doesn’t make them any less real."

Good stuff

LuckyAng

And YES I know that's not what the OP meant. I really did like what you posted. I have played around a lot on that site, it's interesting to see your height and shape at different weights

Pebble321

bummer...no pics of people my size. But it's still a cool site!

I think you can submit your own pics - I bet the next person who is your size would really appreciate it!

Franticantics

I hate the term 'real women'

An overweight woman is still a real woman
A curvy woman is a real woman
A boyish figure woman is a real woman
An underweight woman, is still, a real woman.

Who gets to chose whats real?
Being a 'real woman' is something you are born, it's a state of being and feeling, not how you look.
Demeaning.

mindy2185

bump for later! thanks!