Perfect Female Body Measurements-thought?

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  • Laces_0ut
    Laces_0ut Posts: 3,750 Member
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    How come men never ask this stuff? What is a man's perfect measurement?

    men do ask this stuff. we like talking about women's bodys :D
  • freckledrats
    freckledrats Posts: 251 Member
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    How come men never ask this stuff? What is a man's perfect measurement?

    It's not the size of the boat that matters...
  • birdieaz
    birdieaz Posts: 448 Member
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    No. I saw this image this morning and I think it's something to think about.

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    :flowerforyou:
  • Silverkittycat
    Silverkittycat Posts: 1,997 Member
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    http://www.anthropology.emory.edu/FACULTY/Rilling/ANTJR/pdf/Rilling et al EHB 2009.pdf

    I know what boys like! http://youtu.be/5UX2afsTqFI
  • Silverkittycat
    Silverkittycat Posts: 1,997 Member
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    What is perfect?
  • Ms_Steel
    Ms_Steel Posts: 125
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    never thought about it. I am what I am.

    yes my measurements will change as i get more fit, but basically i can only work with what I am given.
  • IronPlayground
    IronPlayground Posts: 1,594 Member
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    Since you use the word "perfect", then the answer is "no". If you asked if there was an ideal measurement, then that would depend on each person individually.
  • gaiareeves
    gaiareeves Posts: 292 Member
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    This is the same as the 'perfect' face shape.

    Long story short: there isn't one.

    The human body is far too varied, and people's opinion of the body is far too varied, for there to be such thing as universal perfect measurements.
  • blackcoffeeandcherrypie
    blackcoffeeandcherrypie Posts: 486 Member
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    What I like to think about is where the attraction to a woman's shape came from for men. It's obvious once you think about it but almost nobody thinks about it, they just respond to it. Here's my theory:
    1. Male attraction to ample breasts is driven by a deep evolutionary proclivity to picking someone who will feed your baby well so it survives and so the gene for choosing ample breasts is passed on.
    2. Ditto for the hourglass shape which accentuates wider hips for ease of childbirth. Pick an hourglass shape and your child has a greater chance of being born alive.
    Of course, all of this is pre-programmed into male DNA over hundreds of thousands of years and the poor saps (including me) have no choice in the matter. That is unless the Barbie doll is a real idiot and then SOME of us are totally turned off (including me).

    There is absolutely no scientific proof for this whatsoever.

    The fact is - 'ideal' female sizes change from one society to another and are most likely culturally constructed. You only have to look at the differences in English fashions to realise that - from the flat chested 'flapper girls' to the girdled and curvy 1950s look. Evolution could never change preferences so fast.
  • ShreddedTweet
    ShreddedTweet Posts: 1,326 Member
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    Perfect measurements, there's no such thing. What's perfect is if your body works the way it should, your lungs are not struggling, your heart is not overworked, your bones can support you, your muscles are strong... Your health is your wealth, it's way more important than the aesthetic.
  • _Wits_
    _Wits_ Posts: 1,286 Member
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    *headdesk times eleventybillion*
  • mmapags
    mmapags Posts: 8,934 Member
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    There is no perfect measurment, to ask this question is to have a mental disorder.

    My thoughts exactly!
  • _Timmeh_
    _Timmeh_ Posts: 2,096 Member
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    Yeah, baby ... when it comes to females, Cosmo ain't got nothin'
    to do with my selection. 36-24-36? Ha ha, only if she's 5'3"
  • banshishi
    banshishi Posts: 197
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    How come men never ask this stuff? What is a man's perfect measurement?

    about 8" :tongue:
  • shinesunfish
    shinesunfish Posts: 93 Member
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    Isn't it 36-24-36? That's usually the anecdotal measurements. A' La Sir Mix-A-Lot: "36-24-36? Haha. Only if she's 5' 3"." But seriously, I think that the OP was just wondering what people thought about this, not suggesting that it's what she thinks. I would argue that these measurments are a relic from a time when men visibly and overtly judged women based on thier sexual appeal. There's a big difference between model-body (Tall, very thin, small bust and hips), Actor Body (More petite, thin, small bust and slightly larger hips), Fitness/Swimsuit body (Average-Tall, Toned, Larger bust/Average Hips), Mens/Pornography body (Usually "hourglass", soft body, large bust and hips.) Models are generally meant to appeal to women and gay men, actors are required to play a more attractive and camera-ready "average" person (the camera really does make you look fatter, so they must be slightly underweight) - it's really the swimsuit and mens magazine women who more closely resemble the old ideal, because they are still meant to appeal to men in a sexual way. What we are finding now, especially in the "actress body" category, is that men prefer a wide variety of women, and that healthy and confident is more appealing than a specific frame (Christina Hendricks/Jennifer Lawrence/Blake Lively/Zoe Saldana are all beautiful actresses with VERY different body types). Women are judging themselves now, and usually far more harshly than men ever did.
  • robin52077
    robin52077 Posts: 4,383 Member
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    The best measure for a woman is the way she feels when encircled in my arms. You can't really put a number on that though. Perfection is feeling safe, warm, wanted, and cared about when holding her and it's as simple as that.

    You. Are. Awesome.
    :heart:
  • rmbslo
    rmbslo Posts: 28 Member
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    :wink: I was simply putting what I read out there for others to read and to hear others opinions on it!
  • auroranflash
    auroranflash Posts: 3,569 Member
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    *don her Link tunic*

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    *quickly runs over to the other end of the thread, places another bomb*

    *runs away*

    *waits*

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  • Mels707
    Mels707 Posts: 101
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    I don't think it's a good idea to shoot for specific measurements...unless they are specific to YOUR body.

    In order to be 36-26-36, you need an hourglass shape. If you have it--great, but if you're an apple those measurements are completely unrealistic and will set you up for disappointment. Also, 36-26-36 might look different on women of different heights.
  • byirk953
    byirk953 Posts: 1
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    Male attraction to bigger breasts does not come from an "evolutionary proclivity" to women who are more likely to feed their babies well. As far as I know, there is not a correlation between breast size and breast milk production.

    The believed evolutionary purpose of the male attraction to women with bigger breasts and hourglass figures is toward women who are sexually mature and fertile. Because breast and hip growth come with sexual maturity, they give men the signal that a woman is in her child-bearing years. When menopause sets in, many women lose the hourglass shape, thus giving the sign that they are no longer able to have children.

    There is in fact research to back this up. It was discussed in an evolutionary psychology course I was in, so if you're interested, you can check the literature out in that field.

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