HISTORY OF THE FEMALE "IMAGE IDEAL"

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eeebee
eeebee Posts: 471 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
The difference is astounding. In my opinion, Marilyn wins, hands down.

http://www.d.umn.edu/~jvaleri/dissatisfaction with bodies.htm

(This is an old student study, it is not not written by a health expert)
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  • coliema
    coliema Posts: 7,646 Member
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    Marilyn definitely wins.

    Great article, very interesting!
  • LouiseRose92
    LouiseRose92 Posts: 112
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    Interesting article. Marilyn looked amazing in a bikini!
  • cheyenuff
    cheyenuff Posts: 41 Member
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    Very interesting article.
  • kendrafallon
    kendrafallon Posts: 1,030 Member
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    Interesting read!! Thanks for posting!!
  • eeebee
    eeebee Posts: 471 Member
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    :noway:

    I didnt realise her waist was so tiny....

    Just under the width of one of my thighs, then.
  • eeebee
    eeebee Posts: 471 Member
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    I am finding this article very intersting too (re: Marilyn's figure):

    http://jezebel.com/5299793/for-the-last-time-what-size-was-marilyn-monroe
  • nikitanorris
    nikitanorris Posts: 8
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    I am finding this article very intersting too (re: Marilyn's figure):

    http://jezebel.com/5299793/for-the-last-time-what-size-was-marilyn-monroe

    By those standards she was *definitely* smaller than a UK 10, let alone a 14 - I'm 36-28-36 and fit into a size 10...
  • eatthepudding
    eatthepudding Posts: 6
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    Yeah, Marilyn Monroe was tiny. By far the best body on the page though IMO.

    The picture of the model on the runway near the bottom of the page is also famously photoshopped: http://www.snopes.com/photos/people/models.asp
  • Ras_py
    Ras_py Posts: 129 Member
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    i liked that a lot
  • Koldnomore
    Koldnomore Posts: 1,613 Member
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    I was just talking about this with a friend the other day. It's called vanity sizing and it peeves me off. Wiki isn't the best source but it gives an idea http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanity_sizing.

    From the article:
    "In Sears’s 1937 catalog, a woman with a 32 inches (81 cm)-bust would have worn a size 14 dress. In 1967, the same woman would have worn an 8. In 2011, she would wear a zero.[9]"
    When people say "Oh, but Marilyn Monroe was a size 14" it makes me want to scream. People use her too much to justify their own unhealthy choices, I think.

    This^^ exactly..
  • mamasmaltz3
    mamasmaltz3 Posts: 1,111 Member
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    Bump
  • eeebee
    eeebee Posts: 471 Member
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    Ok....so I am generally a UK10 on top, a UK12 - 14 on the bottom.......

    Yesterday whilst shopping in just one shop....I got a size 16 boob-tube which was FAR too tight but then I got some size 10 trousers, which fit like a dream. I got size 18 shorts (yep, size 18!) and a size 8 cardigan which both fit PERFECTLY.

    Out of 3 dresses, ALL being a UK 12....only one fit me.

    I own a pair of UK size 14 trousers (what they labelled as "LARGE") which are from the 80's, but I cant even do the button up!!

    Basically, clothing sizes vary greatly, even when manufactured by the same company and they also vary from year to year/decade to decade....rather frustrating that there's no consistency :ohwell:
  • stfriend
    stfriend Posts: 256 Member
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    The bad part is women are the ones who set the standard. Look at how many thread titles say "Ladies with big boobs only" yet men come flocking. Women have a tendency to tear each other down especially when competing for a man. As antiquated as that sounds, it still goes on. Or maybe its just habit by now.
  • FitBunnyEm
    FitBunnyEm Posts: 320
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    brilliant post, thanks...ive heard alot of men and women say Marilyn was a big girl, god was she heck!
  • tashjs21
    tashjs21 Posts: 4,584 Member
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    I am finding this article very intersting too (re: Marilyn's figure):

    http://jezebel.com/5299793/for-the-last-time-what-size-was-marilyn-monroe

    This article was very informative. You can look at her and see that she is not a size 16 by today's standards. It is nice to see it in print what I have often suspected...
    "In other words, whatever her size, her figure was an unusually dramatic hour-glass, which makes it kind of strange for women to compare themselves to her anyway."

    So basically, she had a very unusual body shape, Nice boobs, small waist and ample bottom. (no wonder men loved her :laugh:)
  • ball858
    ball858 Posts: 395 Member
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    Great article, thanks for sharing - marilyn wins :0)
  • hungrymarathongirl
    hungrymarathongirl Posts: 444 Member
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    thanks for posting! Great, interesting read

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