Curvy Does Not Mean Plus Sized!

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  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
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    This is just silly. Women have all kinds of curves, there are all kinds of ways to be curvy. It does not bother me when people use the term however it applies. I just think it's odd when people think the term can only apply to one "special" body type. It's ridiculous. I just ignore the silliness.
  • a_claire
    a_claire Posts: 61
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    http://nymag.com/thecut/2012/12/every-single-woman-in-america-is-now-curvy.html
  • TigressPat
    TigressPat Posts: 722
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    alright then, what do you call extremely curvy all over girls with actual hourglass figures when both the terms "curvy" and "hourglass" have been corrupted from their original meanings?
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
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    This whole thread is just :sick: .
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
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    Back in my day.. CURVY meant something.

    I remember watching Baywatch and loving a curvy Pamela Anderson and Yasmine Bleeth. That was curvy.

    Now the word 'curvy' has been hijacked by obese women and means something completely different.

    Same with word 'husky' for men. Now, every obese man thinks he's husky, that just ain't right.

    You forgot chubby, full figured, big boned, & chunky.
  • 5ftnFun
    5ftnFun Posts: 948 Member
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    And people wonder why some women have body image and self esteem problems? See what we are up against? And this on a fitness site. The real world is worse.
  • AJ_Pete
    AJ_Pete Posts: 863 Member
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    i can see why this would be aggrevating. why do people extremely over weight think they have curves when lumps might be more accurate lol ( I also have lumps they are getting smaller but you dont see me loving them either)

    Holy effing shizz, and we're friends? :noway:
  • TigressPat
    TigressPat Posts: 722
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    http://nymag.com/thecut/2012/12/every-single-woman-in-america-is-now-curvy.html

    agrees
  • 5ftnFun
    5ftnFun Posts: 948 Member
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    This whole thread is just :sick: .

    Agreed
  • geekyjock76
    geekyjock76 Posts: 2,720 Member
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    Back in my day.. CURVY meant something.

    I remember watching Baywatch and loving a curvy Pamela Anderson and Yasmine Bleeth. That was curvy.

    Now the word 'curvy' has been hijacked by obese women and means something completely different.

    Same with word 'husky' for men. Now, every obese man thinks he's husky, that just ain't right.

    I'm gonna go ahead and disagree with you. Having large breasts does not make you curvy. For example, Kate Upton is not an hourglass. She has enormous breasts, but is she "curvy". I wouldn't say so. Does that make her any less attractive? NO! Women of all sizes can be different body shapes, and there is nothing wrong with that.
    Why are you only considering breasts in the equation? Several women on Baywatch had curves thanks to their hip-to-waist ratio as well as distribution of above average lean body mass to below average fat mass.
  • MM_1982
    MM_1982 Posts: 374
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    Back in my day.. CURVY meant something.

    I remember watching Baywatch and loving a curvy Pamela Anderson and Yasmine Bleeth. That was curvy.

    Now the word 'curvy' has been hijacked by obese women and means something completely different.

    Same with word 'husky' for men. Now, every obese man thinks he's husky, that just ain't right.

    You forgot chubby, full figured, big boned, & chunky.

    Those definitions have been pretty consistent over the years. 'curvy' is completely different now.
  • rubixcyoob
    rubixcyoob Posts: 395
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    I'm very confused. The girl in the picture who was 'plus sized' had curves, but wasn't 'curvy'?

    The definition of curvy is someone having curves - I didn't realise there was a weight limit as to where 'curvy' stop and 'fat' starts, because apparently once you reach a certain weight your curves are no longer classed as curves.

    Just because two people weigh in at different numbers, that doesn't affect their body shape - note, shape has nothing to do with weight. A square is a square no matter how large it may be.
  • fitplease
    fitplease Posts: 647 Member
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    Um, both of these women are curvy. One is thin. One is heavy. Curvy is a body shape, so I agree with the OP.

    I don't like that people automatically assume I am fat if I say I am curvy. I think that is what the OP is getting at. I am curvy and overweight at present, hoping to be curvy and a healthy weight some day soon.
  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,031 Member
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    This whole thread is just :sick: .

    Agreed
    i can see why this would be aggrevating. why do people extremely over weight think they have curves when lumps might be more accurate lol ( I also have lumps they are getting smaller but you dont see me loving them either)

    Holy effing shizz, and we're friends? :noway:
    :huh: :noway:
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
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    Come on people, this is not a serious problem. Get over it. People can see your body anyway, they can see with their eyes all the stuff you want to describe to them. Go ahead and describe it exactly as you do. Trying to describe body type is a made-up, non-problem. Take this energy and go do something productive instead of worrying over this. Seriously, if this is a major problem for you, you probably aren't a very interesting person. Who the hell cares.
  • lightdiva1
    lightdiva1 Posts: 935 Member
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    I come here for support and motivation to become a healthier person. Part of that motivation is derived from helping others. However, reading post from others who clearly believe it is not only okay to bash and put down people with weight to lose, it is cheered on by others. On the opposite side, there is skinny bashing going on as well. The solution is easy, grow up.

    If you are here for support to changing your life to become healthier, please stay. If your worthless negative energy, please stop logging on and leave us all alone.

    I try to see the good in each person I come across, but these forums have made me start to want every nasty person to get a paper cut on their genitals.
  • wendybird5
    wendybird5 Posts: 577 Member
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    having read one page of responses bashing the OP (i have not read past the first page because frankly, it was boring) I'm going to jump in defending the poor "insecure" and "fat bashing" OP

    Maybe she didn't mean it the way you all thought?

    And even if she did, so what? So much garbage is posted here daily, why is this worth all the fuss?

    That said, I sympathize personally with the OP's message as I read it, if not how it might have been phrased.

    I am personally an exaggerated hourglass with a huge rack.

    My personal issues with this are legion, here are the biggest pet peeves I have regarding this:

    1- just about any bras that would possibly fit me are called "plus-sized" even though I wear a 32 band. I'm sorry, Not to bash on Plus sizes at all, but calling a 32 band "PLUS" is just wrong and confusing. Also, plus size women have a much easier time finding bras in their sizes than average women with large boobs (another thing I could rant on about for hours!)

    2- no clothing is EVER made for my body type, and this is because only 8% of women actually ARE hourglasses, even if about 60-75% of women THINK they are hourglasses, so YES, I do think in some cases miss-using a term whether, hourglass, or curvy, or busty, can very much impact the industry and the availability and ease of finding things that do fit. For example, if i read a review of a dress i like and someone says "I'm an hourglass shape and this fit like a dream" and then I buy the dress and find, as always, it's 5 inches too small on my boobs and 4 inches too big on my waist, f*** yes, I'm upset with the bastardization of the language.

    3- if, as someone mentioned, the plus sized model was actually and hourglass, then fine, but if she was simply larger and rounded but otherwise a pear shape or an apple, then I agree with the OP, her shape was already represented in the ad/article while the OP's mostly hourglass figure was not. and yes, I personally hate that my "type" is either misrepresented or not represented at all. I couldn't really say without seeing the ad in question, but let's not hate on the poor girl just because she feels marginalized.


    I could go on, but this post is already longer than it should be.
    But please, just let the girl rant and move on.

    This!!

    I'm in the same boat and clothes shopping is still a pain even after losing all this weight. (Blouses are the worst!) I'd never heard of curvy used as another term for plus-sized until I went on dating websites where it's the option they use so guys always read "curvy" to mean "fat". I'd always equated curvy with being an hourglass shape, but so many people use it to mean so many things.
  • TigressPat
    TigressPat Posts: 722
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    Come on people, this is not a serious problem. Get over it. People can see your body anyway, they can see with their eyes all the stuff you want to describe to them. Go ahead and describe it exactly as you do. Trying to describe body type is a made-up, non-problem. Take this energy and go do something productive instead of worrying over this. seriously, if this is a major problem for you, you probably aren't a very interesting person.

    in some ways, it is a serious problem.
    for example, I cannot buy a dress (not stretchy) that fits me anywhere In North America. Not one. I buy my clothing from an English shop that specialises in "curvy" sizes. the have a clothing size and usually 3 curvy ratings on each piece of clothing they sell (curvy, really curvy, super curvy)
    now, as that shop gets more popular and they want to sell as much as they can (like everyone else) they have actually started making their clothing LESS curvy so even their super curvy size no longer fits my ample chest.

    yes, I'm the extreme, but, what all this homogenization and semantic shifts mean to me is that I can no longer buy a dress that's not spandex, anywhere. Ever. And I can't even write to any manufacturers to complain about it, because there are no words for MY body type. Curvy is no longer my term, and neither is "hourglass" now that 70% of women use it to define themselves.

    so yes, semantics matter.
    I no longer exist. I've been marginalized.
    I don't care what everyone else defines themselves as, but what am I when every term that once pertained to me is now "semantically shifted" to encompass almost all women?
    And I can't even complain about having lost what words I once used to define myself without risking being called a "fattist"
  • princessd84
    princessd84 Posts: 121 Member
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    Here's a tip, OP. Instead of basing your choice of clothes on what they look like on a complete stranger in a magazine, go into the shop and try them on for yourself. It gets you out of the house and it's great fun.
  • lexherrera
    lexherrera Posts: 56 Member
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    Can't find clothes that fit? You act like you're part of some marginalized, downtrodden group of women who clothing manufacturers don't make clothing for. No, newsflash, clothing is not made for most women. It's made to fit some weird ideal "average" woman that doesn't exist. So whether you're curvy or a ruler or a pear or an apple, it's going to be difficult to find clothes that fit, because guess what! When you're manufacturing clothing you have to make it so it fits as many people as possible, but unfortunately that has the result of not fitting MOST of us properly. If it did tailors wouldn't be in business.
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