Women and muscle. What is your opinion?

Just curious what people think about women and muscle. Not talking about so much muscle that it appears "masculine," but a decent amount of muscle. Toned, or maybe a little more. I, personally have struggled with my weight my whole life, since I was a little kid. I'm almost to goal now, and have a good amount of muscle right now. Would like to gain a little more, particularly in my abs, and under arms. Maybe a little more bicep. I've always been such a "big girl," and I don't want to become some frail, skinny, or weak little thing, to where I would feel like I couldn't defend myself if I needed to, because of being small. I'm only 5'3" btw. I also want my body to be a "fat burning machine," which I feel I have just about done. I choose to eat healthy, clean foods, high in protein, but if I want to splurge and eat fast food, or what many people would consider to be "forbidden" food, for skinny people, I want to eat it! And I want to burn it off easily. I believe having some extra muscle will do that for me, and so far, it has. I was speaking with a friend last night about how she was having a hard time losing weight, and that she's on a 1,200 cal diet. I tried to tell her to gain some muscle, n to up her cal. intake, n all that good stuff, n she said she's happy with 1,200 cal's/day, which is cool, but she also said she doesn't want to look "bulky." She thinks I looked bulky, although I don't think I am. I have a little bicep, but to me, it's not masculine at all, and to me, it's really not big. She's also my friend on here, so I hope she doesn't take offense to this. I wanted to ask her about it, but she's working. (Love you Reba!!! :happy: ) So, back to subject, what do y'all think? I have gained a little bit more muscle since I took my profile pic, but not much. Also, what is your overall opinion about women, in general, and muscle. I've asked my hubby, what he thinks, and he doesn't have a problem. Actually, he's very happy with my new body, so far. :happy: