Cultural differences in how weight/fitness level is perceive

I think there are definitely differences. If you look at the BMI / wait-hip ratios / bodyfat percentages--there are definite differences by racial group. Because individuals are generally more favorable towards things they are familiar with African American and Latino males are more likely to be attracted to curvier women.

here is some info about BMI differences...i didn't pull it out of thin air

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2569574/

Mexican or Latino or whatever the eff is the politically correct term

The politically correct term would depend on which one you're talking about. Not all Latinos are Mexican...

I never used to get hit on by white men until I lost weight, but everybody else seemed to like me. Then again I seemed to be very popular with the Latino demographic and they completely lost interest when I cut my hair, so it's kind of fickle.

If someone is putting you down for your weight, they need to shut their mouth.

I'm not Latina...I'm German and Polish....but I got those nice German birthin' hips. And a butt to match. I get SO many comments about my butt it's ridiculous. When I was bartending, we'd get a lot of Native Americans that would come in (a reservation is very close to this area) and I used to be told "Damn! Ain't never seen a butt like that on a white woman before! It must be the jeans!". I also got a LOT of comments from African American males about my butt. However....no matter how many stares or glances I got from white guys....my husband has been the ONLY one to ever comment on it.

I definately think it's a cultural thing. I used to HATE my butt because of the comments I'd get (because cynically...I used to think they were making fun of me), but now I love it. Good thing it seems to be the "in" thing to have a curvy behind!!!

I was JUST thinking about this because there was a thread about african american women posting their before and afters, and people not understanding why.

My family has latina and black american women all over the place. What some people HERE call "fat skinny" our family calls beautiful. I will refuse to comment on posts and things where some white women call their butts "BIG" or "HUGE" because in OUR culture, that "big ol' juicy booty" is sexy. lol In our culture you're more likely to hear a woman talk about how "beautiful and thick, built like a brick house" she once was, rather than how "slim or skinny" she was. And while no one wants to be excessively over weight, most of us would rather have our thickness than be extra slim, though slim is how some of us are. My younger sister for YEARS was a size zero. At the family functions she used to eat SO MUCH to get "thicker like her sister and aunts" lol

It's true that there are cultural differences. I've had white men hit on me, but they were usually "BBW Lovers". I've had black and Latino men ADORE my thickness and refuse to want me to lose any weight. My husband is ALWAYS squishing my juiciness and fawning over my curves.

Yes.

I don't think there's much debate about that.

I think there are definitely differences. If you look at the BMI / wait-hip ratios / bodyfat percentages--there are definite differences by racial group. Because individuals are generally more favorable towards things they are familiar with African American and Latino males are more likely to be attracted to curvier women.

here is some info about BMI differences...i didn't pull it out of thin air

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2569574/

Dang, I wonder what happened to me then....I'm a stick. Nothing like my fellow Latinas...I even burn instead of tan:grumble: :explode:

Girl that's how my bf is (burn instead of tan)! His heritage is 100% Mexican-American and he has fairer skin than I do and I'm caucasian! I tease him about having a better tan than he does lol

But to address the original question, I think so. I've always been curvy, even when I was a size 2 at age 18, and I've always gotten more attention from Hispanic or African American men. HOWEVER, I think it also has to do with where you're from. I do get attention from white men as well because I look Hispanic (well, everybody here in Texas thinks so), and it's like this thing about white guys loving Hispanic women. Might just be here in Austin, but I know SO many white guys who just loooooove the Latina ladies!

When I initially lost a lot of weight, I was light-heartedly acccused of being on drugs.

When I lost weight, my family {i'm half latino / half white} thought I was going in the right direction, but some people @ work thought I was going too far (mostly black co workers, they wondered where my butt went). When I re-gained 15 pounds (mostly in my butt area) they gave me looks like I was 'back to being sexy'. LOL.. My white co workers were 1/2 and 1/2.. The ones who agreed with the black co workers didn't like my small face.

For an Asian, I am considered fat. To the rest of the world, I am either fit, healthy or too skinny. I will never meet the expectations of society and honestly, I don't really care to. I actually recently went on a mission to gain weight starting at 94.5 pounds. To most of my Asian friends, I looked okay or I could lose a pound or two. Everyone else, on the other hand, said I looked creepishly skinny. So, instead of listening to everyone else, I picked a happy weight that I could live with.

Yeah, it's crazy. There was a thread about asian perception of skinny/fat. It was ridiculous. When I'm in Japan, I look obese! Even though I'm 19% BF. All the women there are like a rail. Not really that great looking to me.