Noos Posted April 4, 2006 Posted April 4, 2006 A girl I know well, who has had anorexia - for 17 years - and is obviously chronically underweight - has become pregnant. You might think, well if she's anorexic, she wouldn't have her period, but she is curently in a holding pattern weightwise and her period has returned. She is still massively underweight and skeletal. Her skin has a grey pallor and you can see the outline of her jaw and sunken eyesockets. I would like to know why some guys don't appear to notice or care that they are having sex with someone who is chronically ill medically or physically? Can't they tell that she's anorexic or do they think that's attractive? Same as Hollywood actresses that always make the sexiest list or have suitors runnign after them. e.g. Nicole Kidman looks like Skeletor. Angelina's arms and legs look like they have that anorexic look with the fine, downy hair on the arms. Don't guys notice this?
Guest Posted April 4, 2006 Posted April 4, 2006 I think some guys don't mind the 'anorexic' look. It may depend on the area you live in. When I was going to school in New York City, I was very underweight from stress and just not having any money. I was probably a good fifteen pounds underweight. I looked borderline anorexic....meaning I looked too skinny but not SICK sick. Anyway, you wouldn't believe on how many people complimented me on my 'dancer's body' and 'tiny waist'. In the meantime, my hair was falling out from poor nutrition. Maybe people just become so accustomed to that 'look' it doesn't bother them. I think if you live in an area where there are a lot of emaciated model and actress types walking around, you think that's how women should look. I also knew a true anorexic who did get pregnant and managed to gain about 15 pounds during her pregnancy (that's the bare minimum you should gain). She looked like death warmed over. I can't imagine someone wanting to have sex with a person whose hipbones and ribs are jutting out.... She said her husband had a real complex about weight and warned her 'not to gain too much' So there's some men with a real sickness out there toO!
catgirl1927 Posted April 4, 2006 Posted April 4, 2006 I think men who say they aren't attracted to super skin and bones girls are just trying to make us pudgier girls feel better about ourselves. I also think that diet obsessed girls are less fun personality-wise (I know I am when I'm crazy dieting). I genuinely believe that men prefer BOAS (Boobs on a stick ) but there just aren't that many of them.
littlekitty Posted April 4, 2006 Posted April 4, 2006 I think men who say they aren't attracted to super skin and bones girls are just trying to make us pudgier girls feel better about ourselves. I also think that diet obsessed girls are less fun personality-wise (I know I am when I'm crazy dieting). I genuinely believe that men prefer BOAS (Boobs on a stick ) but there just aren't that many of them. I don't believe that for a second and many threads on here have shown otherwise. Men like what they like. Yes, some do like BOAS, some like some curves. REALLY THEY DO!! I know several exs of mine who rejected girls for being too skinny. I'm muscular and small (Size 6) but I don't look awfully skinny. When I did get very skinny one time, I actually got told I wasn't as attractive by a number of people.
catgirl1927 Posted April 4, 2006 Posted April 4, 2006 When I was a 4, I got a lot more compliments. I get no compliments now (6). I'm pretty muscular as well, and short, so a 6 is pretty big for me. I was also really tan then. Not to derail, but not being tan is what I think has mostly cost me being pretty. *sniff* OK, enough pity party for Cat...
kitten chick Posted April 4, 2006 Posted April 4, 2006 Sorry but I'm with catgirl on this one, boobs on a stick. Although some do like @ss on a stick, heck some even like both boobs and @ss on a stick. You probably won't get a man replying to this either. It's a subject they rarely touch on LS. The ones that do reply are usually just trying to make you feel better. Your friend needs to seek nutritional help for her baby's sake although if she's really anorexic it's likely she'll miscarry.
KittenMoon Posted April 4, 2006 Posted April 4, 2006 Ug, an anorexic girl does not look like your garden variety skinny chick. The ones I have known look like they came out of a death camp- I don't know how anyone could find that attractive enough to sleep with, unless they are equally screwed up. It's very sad to hear this girl is pregnant- most likely she's endangering her health further and the health and possibly life of her child.
kitten chick Posted April 4, 2006 Posted April 4, 2006 Ug, an anorexic girl does not look like your garden variety skinny chick. The ones I have known look like they came out of a death camp- I don't know how anyone could find that attractive enough to sleep with, unless they are equally screwed up. Trust me, not all anorexics look emaciated. You don't know about the ones that look normal because you wouldn't suspect it of them.
blind_otter Posted April 4, 2006 Posted April 4, 2006 Perhaps this is the area of the world ya'll live in? Because down here even the strippers who have no ass get less tips. The strippers with a big booty get more $$ in my area. And it seems like the men seem to like "big booty hos"..... whoop whoop pull over that ass too fat.
catgirl1927 Posted April 4, 2006 Posted April 4, 2006 Perhaps this is the area of the world ya'll live in? Because down here even the strippers who have no ass get less tips. The strippers with a big booty get more $$ in my area. And it seems like the men seem to like "big booty hos"..... whoop whoop pull over that ass too fat. Where are you, I should totally move!!! kidding I'm in Texas, it's all about boobs on a stick.
blind_otter Posted April 4, 2006 Posted April 4, 2006 I'm in the south. Dem boys like hips down hurr.
catgirl1927 Posted April 4, 2006 Posted April 4, 2006 I'm in the south. Dem boys like hips down hurr. Hips are ok. Soft spots are NOT. Has to be rock hard and PERFECT. And I'm not even in the most judgemental PART of Texas.
kitten chick Posted April 4, 2006 Posted April 4, 2006 I think we could market this and sell it in malls across the country. Boobs on a stick, coming soon to a city near you.
riobikini Posted April 4, 2006 Posted April 4, 2006 I'm , no doubt, older than the rest of you girls who have posted, (I'm 45...and hanging in there) -but there are so many reasons to feel 'bad' about how you look, when you allow magazines, tv, and silly celebrities to set the standard. Never allow them that. Those people don't know you, don't love you, and can't appreciate you, -so don't ever allow them to dictate to you. While we can't deny the influence of all those beautiful people and trend-setting notions cast upon us in all types of media, just remember that we are still the majority, here, -still kicking and creating the real standards. As for how your partner views you? -well, he may be attracted to certain physical aspects of how you look, -he may even compare, -but he'll most likely stick around because you like/love yourself. (Smile) -Rio
Author Noos Posted April 5, 2006 Author Posted April 5, 2006 Well, I'm in Australia which is really just like the USA where this sort of culture is concerned. I think it is just so sick. For most of my life I've been overweight - not morbidly obese but overweight. I was teased and harassed and when I got to dating age, realised how differently guys treat girls who have a few extra kilos. I developed bulimia and my weight has yo-yoed because I wanted to be thin so people would be nice to me. I've got it under control now though and am fit, healthy, eat well, exercise a lot. I'm not skinny but I'm fat. However, I still have a fat girl's mentality and this constant barrage of emaciated women who are obviously not eating and unwell being held up as icons of beauty sends my inner fat chick into a rage. It's one of the reason why girls develop eating disorders.
tinktronik Posted April 5, 2006 Posted April 5, 2006 Where are you, I should totally move!!! kidding I'm in Texas, it's all about boobs on a stick. Cat see, Im in texas too curvy as all and I gotta beat em' off.
MadDog Posted April 5, 2006 Posted April 5, 2006 Anorexic = gross. I think Jessica Alba has the ideal body type. Slim but with curves.
kitkat826 Posted April 5, 2006 Posted April 5, 2006 Even up here in urban CT (YES, there are urban areas in Connecticut), the preferred look is curvy. Boobs are nice, but ass, hips, and thighs rule. Anything on a stick is not good. I credit the integration of latino and black culture into the mainstream for that. Although I grew up in a very non-white community, I've noticed the shift even in the suburbs as it becomes more the "norm". I'm barely 5'2, weigh a solid 135, and wear a 6/8 in most things. I have never had trouble getting attention or compliments on my looks. I think in other parts of the country or in other time periods, however, I might have be considered "fat" and suffered emotionally/physically as a result.
HotCaliGirl Posted April 5, 2006 Posted April 5, 2006 Anorexic = gross. I think Jessica Alba has the ideal body type. Slim but with curves. Jessica Alba is the first person to come to mind when I think of aneroxic hollywood girls. She was all BONES - chest bones, shoulder bones, every bone sticking out of her figureless straightline figure on the red carpet recently. I couldn't believe nobody commented on it, it was gross to say the least.
MadDog Posted April 5, 2006 Posted April 5, 2006 Jessica Alba is the first person to come to mind when I think of aneroxic hollywood girls. She was all BONES - chest bones, shoulder bones, every bone sticking out of her figureless straightline figure on the red carpet recently. I couldn't believe nobody commented on it, it was gross to say the least. I beg to differ: http://gorillamask.net/jessicaalba.shtml Definately some killer curves there.
HotCaliGirl Posted April 5, 2006 Posted April 5, 2006 yea but that's FAR from what she looks like today.
KnowHowLoveFeels Posted April 5, 2006 Posted April 5, 2006 I beg to differ. I think that being skinny is healthy. Not skinny like Nicole Ricky (not sure I've got her name right), but Jessica Alba is just right.
catgirl1927 Posted April 5, 2006 Posted April 5, 2006 See, Jessica Alba is the perfect example of when a guy says, oh no, I like curves. She is super super super skinny. But guys think she's even a little lazy because she has "curves." She has no body fat. She does not eat and works out and probably does coke to stay thin. But guys think that girls can look like that with no effort at all, and that all girls SHOULD look like that.
blind_otter Posted April 5, 2006 Posted April 5, 2006 It must be the guys. I think. THe guys I've all dated loved my body and complimented me a lot. The thing is, though, I danced for years -- ballet, jazz, tap, folk dance, I stopped when I was like 21. It really made me comfortable in my body, to use it the way I did. I am not self conscious at all, and I think that's what the men I've been with have appreciated.
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