tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post3877087428619007266..comments2024-03-29T07:39:28.690-05:00Comments on Althouse: "How many middle-aged white women fear their husbands will find them less attractive if their weight drops to less than 200 pounds?"Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58805905857419325102012-05-07T00:26:36.728-05:002012-05-07T00:26:36.728-05:00Glad to see that Vogue says underweight models nee...Glad to see that Vogue says underweight models need not apply and Israel has banned super skinny models from advertising. <br /><br />Also a 5'5" woman weighing 150 is far from being overweight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-89896674489639877302012-05-06T23:49:43.284-05:002012-05-06T23:49:43.284-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.leslynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976589297868178854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31120022792119548902012-05-06T22:39:11.071-05:002012-05-06T22:39:11.071-05:00Yashu: You're comparing apples and oranges...e...Yashu: You're comparing apples and oranges...err, apples and pears.chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-66231522703208988142012-05-06T22:02:14.639-05:002012-05-06T22:02:14.639-05:00One thing no one's mentioned here (except tang...One thing no one's mentioned here (except tangentially by expatish) is how that weight is distributed in different women. And women of different races and ethnicities. <br /><br />Some women carry the bulk of that extra weight in their hips, thighs, butt. Whereas some carry it around their waist and stomach. That makes a difference: not only in how a woman looks (and how attractive she may be to males of the species, evolutionarily attuned to signs of "fertility"), but also to her health. <br /><br />If I'm not mistaken, studies have shown that carrying fat around your waist is correlated with a higher incidence of heart disease etc. Carrying it on your hips, thighs, & butt-- not so much. So when you're talking about weight and women's health, those "extra" pounds (being "overweight" according to an arbitrary measure applied to all women of all types) may not be as relevant as their location on the body (or the waist-to-hips ratio). <br /><br />5'5 and 150 on a black or Puerto Rican girl with "back" and on a white girl who's round around the middle: different things. The former may be perfectly healthy and the latter may not be. <br /><br />And that likely plays some role not only in weight differences among women of different races/ ethnicities/ nationalities, and the health consequences of that extra weight, but also in what their men may or may not find sexually attractive.yashuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12716156754089411837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20855529554233112172012-05-06T21:03:15.551-05:002012-05-06T21:03:15.551-05:00Leave me the fuck alone.
This is a good general p...<i>Leave me the fuck alone.</i><br /><br />This is a good general philosophy, and an excellent answer to most unwanted questions and unwanted "solutions".Palladianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01105490715666718993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-32848085432563231472012-05-06T21:02:43.783-05:002012-05-06T21:02:43.783-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Palladianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01105490715666718993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20150832922866553762012-05-06T20:45:05.696-05:002012-05-06T20:45:05.696-05:00My point about 5'5" and 150 pounds is tha...My point about 5'5" and 150 pounds is that it's average height and the weight is the top of the "normal" range. <br /><br />If a woman is taller, and the average height of a black woman is taller, she could weigh more than that and be within the normal range. If she's 6 feet tall, she could weigh 180 and be within the normal range. <br /><br />If you want to tell me you think women that heavy aren't attractive to you, that's a different issue. But the point is that many men, especially black men (apparently) think the high end of the range is nicer, and they might even have a preference above the officially "normal" range. What is normal? Is it normal for white people or for black people?<br /><br />I don't think there's a scientific answer.<br /><br />Obviously, it's a problem when people are getting diabetes, and nobody wants their loved one to get into that problem, and people need to help each other. But if we're talking about beauty standards... to each his own.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-86525304304434972562012-05-06T19:05:48.443-05:002012-05-06T19:05:48.443-05:00"Quoting Big Night makes it tough for me to c..."Quoting Big Night makes it tough for me to call you a shithead."<br /><br />:) Big Night is a great movie. The final scene in the kitchen is my favorite.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-64794805151261822372012-05-06T19:00:54.199-05:002012-05-06T19:00:54.199-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30370838072319769332012-05-06T18:42:20.263-05:002012-05-06T18:42:20.263-05:00Canuck, Quoting Big Night makes it tough for me t...Canuck, Quoting Big Night makes it tough for me to call you a shithead.ndspinellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446291993043775612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18321721604002788952012-05-06T18:24:31.171-05:002012-05-06T18:24:31.171-05:00A woman takes into her own hands the responsibilit...A woman takes into her own hands the responsibility for her health, and to determine her own body image--regardless of what men think about it and she will end childlessJose_Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09719969512996039279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-60564474353962556572012-05-06T18:22:58.528-05:002012-05-06T18:22:58.528-05:00So fat is bad but anorexia is an epidemy.
Facts: m...So fat is bad but anorexia is an epidemy.<br />Facts: main causes of obesity: no smoking, Prozac,air conditioning<br />Evolution: the natural state of mankind until 1750 was hunger. so people ate as much as possible.<br />Until 1950 the main cause of death among women was birth labour.Only women with very wide hip survived.Then came cesarean without killing the mother allowing non fat woman to survive . Until them men that liked fat women had many children that like fat women. Men that liked thin women ended widowers without kids.still there are more descendants of the former. <br />Healthy voluptuous women were the norm until recently. Marilyn,Raquel Welch, Ursula Andress, Sofia Loren,Brigitte Bardot not to mention the fat Venus of Altamira or Rubens´ women.<br />My wife used size one when we married , she was 22. She was working as a clerk while studying laws. Now a more healthy 6Jose_Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09719969512996039279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8304947045897211842012-05-06T18:22:07.440-05:002012-05-06T18:22:07.440-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jose_Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09719969512996039279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-40879798921795442472012-05-06T18:19:37.799-05:002012-05-06T18:19:37.799-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jose_Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09719969512996039279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68772847282593441202012-05-06T17:59:48.142-05:002012-05-06T17:59:48.142-05:00Sorry ndspinelli, but this isn't about anecdot...Sorry ndspinelli, but this isn't about anecdotes. This IS a racial and sex issue. Black women are obese at rates much higher than that of white women. The increase in obesity is even more disproportionate.<br /><br />Here's but one chart.<br /><br /> Women (%) Adolescent girls (%)1 Girls (%)1 Men (%) Adolescent boys (%)1 Boys (%)1<br />Non-Hispanic white 30.1 12.4 11.6 27.3 12.8 12.0<br />African-American 49.7 26.2 22.2 28.1 20.7 17.1<br /><br />The fact is that without men, white or black, obesity rates would be much higher.<br /><br />The facts are there. Look them up.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04450897654318345683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68987096467860846422012-05-06T17:57:06.582-05:002012-05-06T17:57:06.582-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.leslynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976589297868178854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-607176707313406312012-05-06T17:37:58.243-05:002012-05-06T17:37:58.243-05:00Canuck,
Where are you looking (for a woman)?
I t...Canuck,<br /><br /><i>Where are you looking (for a woman)?</i><br /><br />I told you, I'm not. If anything, I'm bored with them.<br /><br /><i>I'd suggest church, first off.</i><br /><br />An atheist looking for a woman in a church - and doing it to get away from talk of "spirituality"? Dude, you're hilarious. I can see it now:<br /><br />Me: "Why should I date you?"<br /><br />She: "Because I'm a friend of Jesus."<br /><br />Me: "I am so out-of-here,…" <br /><br /><i>Second - cooking class. Try Italian. No women worried about her weight is going to take an Italian cooking class.</i><br /><br />That's not half-bad advice. I could use a few pointers in the kitchen anyway. And I like italian food. Hate cooking, though. Still, not half-bad. <br /><br /><i>Wives generally nag husbands to go to a doctor and get an annual check up. That's not a bad thing.</i><br /><br />Yes it is - who the fuck wants to be nagged? Mind your own fucking business, woman, nobody needs to hear that shit. We live/we die. That's how it happens. Quit freaking out, accept it, and either figure out a new priority for your interests or get the fuck away from me, 'cause I ain't got no time for listening to bullshit. As long as I'm fine, I'm fine, and whenever the time comes that I'm not, I'll deal with it. But having grown up in the ghetto, I think I've got a pretty good handle on how this life thing works, and - if there's one thing that's clear - worrying about your health is of no help at all. The body is far more resilient than yuppies and the like give it credit for, and, contrary to popular belief, most people without insurance or the means to see a doctor regularly do just fine. I've already outlived almost every friend I grew up with, so I know I'm doing something right, and don't plan on changing anytime soon. And, I assure you, being nagged to do so is no way to ingratiate yourself because it won't work. <br /><br />Leave me the fuck alone.<br /><br />DBQ,<br /><br /><i>Lookin for love in all the wrong places</i><br /><br />Baby, I just walked <i>outside.</i> <br /><br />Now, where do you and Synova hang out? <i>That</i>'s what I want to know,...<br /><br />leslyn,<br /><br /><i>If men stopped having unprotected sex, women would stop having abortions.</i><br /><br />Because everyone knows those men are having it by themselves, right? <br /><br />[Mental note: scratch leslyn off list of potential suiters. Not smart enough to lick my balls,…]The Crack Emceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366101526773588864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-38884214093173845912012-05-06T17:36:46.064-05:002012-05-06T17:36:46.064-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.leslynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976589297868178854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-12611450673255621622012-05-06T17:33:12.407-05:002012-05-06T17:33:12.407-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.The Crack Emceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366101526773588864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83153826515842465362012-05-06T17:30:43.613-05:002012-05-06T17:30:43.613-05:00Spinelli - yeah the traditional Mediterranean diet...Spinelli - yeah the traditional Mediterranean diet is great. But not the American love of starch. <br /><br />Big Night:<br /><br />Woman: "Excuse me. Didn't you say this would be rice with seafood"<br />Secondo: "Yes. It is Italian Arborio rice, the best. Then with shrimp and scallop and--"<br />Woman: "I just don't see anything that looks like a shrimp or scallop. I mean, it's just not what I expected. But I get spaghetti with this, right?"<br />Secondo: "Why? Well, no…"<br />Woman: "I thought all main courses come with spaghetti."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50838239718858467972012-05-06T17:22:31.195-05:002012-05-06T17:22:31.195-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.leslynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976589297868178854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-52890648683406549702012-05-06T16:38:50.864-05:002012-05-06T16:38:50.864-05:00Click to see a picture of Alice Randall.
Man, thi...<a href="http://img2-2.timeinc.net/ew/img/daily/606/alice_l.jpg" rel="nofollow">Click to see a picture of Alice Randall</a>.<br /><br />Man, this lady is <b>F</b><i>A</i><b>T</b>!<br /><br />Come on, let's just let the dog out of the kennel and let him walk about a bit ... American black women are not only obese. They are almost supremely unattractive, and I don't mean that just physically.<br /><br />Have you watched the way they treat their <i>black</i> men? We're talking abuse here, folks.paul a'bargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08854004347728185047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-19605509905404867812012-05-06T16:25:45.510-05:002012-05-06T16:25:45.510-05:00A whole lot of talk about "spirituality"...<i>A whole lot of talk about "spirituality" and a multitude of unfounded concerns about their/our health.<br /><br />Find me one who doesn't fit that mold and we'll talk,</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAyDmJvjxbg" rel="nofollow">Lookin for love in all the wrong places</a>Dust Bunny Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115422951538885247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-77615211721732978872012-05-06T16:07:46.389-05:002012-05-06T16:07:46.389-05:00ndspinelli said...
Canuck, Italians have the lowes...ndspinelli said...<br />Canuck, Italians have the lowest BMI in Europe and much lower than US. Italian cooking is flavorful, healthy, and not fattening. I'm not talking Olive Garden!!<br /><br />==================<br />And the Italians are breeding themselves into extinction while obese black, hispanic, and Muslim women spawn away.<br />There is a reason why all the early ferility goddesses were big-titted and fat. And why men that want lots of babies go to fat women.<br /><br />Fat=Fertility. <br /><br />While there are genetic exceptions like naturally skinny petite women, and Somali women....by and large, if you see some young skinny white woman with ideal US Government fat content ...chances are that woman is childless. <br /><br />While the 250 lb Big Black Mommas helding into KFC and trying to pay for their luncheon buckets with food stamps tend to be Mommas, as the descriptor goes.<br />Mommas of many.Cedarfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00602418702398818596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-15695702705894597372012-05-06T15:42:05.346-05:002012-05-06T15:42:05.346-05:00Drop the wheat. I'm trying, it's hard. I l...Drop the wheat. I'm trying, it's hard. I love bakery, and going gluten-free isn't the answer, that stuff sends your glycemic index up. I think Gary Taubes is right.Seeing Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338495289040972548noreply@blogger.com