AIBU to question what people mean by calling someone (Hannah Waddingham) a real woman?

[WorldCupWillie]

A few stories about Hannah Waddingham over the last day or two. Cue a lot of real woman/all woman comments. From men and women. What do they mean? That she's not trans? That she's never had work done?

I mean, Susan Boyle, Mary Beard, Kathy Burke, Jo Brand are "all woman"/real women, as real as Hannah. But nobody would say that about them.

Vikings are forriners in my book. It is how islands evolve ❤️ Populations are not static.

I agree. She looks athletic, healthy and bloody awesome

Thanks, will try. Essentially, the thread is about HW’s appearance and I was simply offering my own opinion. My point was that if we’re defining femininity according to a single standard or ideal, she wouldn’t personally fit my definition. Simply an observation that ideas of femininity are subjective and vary from person to person. Ok?

Can't women be scary? Plenty of scary femininity. The scary feminine would include Athena, Kali, and the foundress of Wing Chun.

She looks amazing and takes no shit. She’ll do for me.

The thread wasn't an invitation to tear down HW.

How does any of that equate to 'really scary'?

I get some MNetters seem to be afraid of their own shadows, but really?

It means they want to fuck her as they think being curvy and ‘bigger’ means you’re ‘up for it.’

also sometimes used to show how pc they are that they would shag a ‘big’ woman.

Misogyny in action.

She looks athletic but has an hourglass figure, fairly big boobs and a flat stomach. I think that shape is thought of as traditionally female, (with a sort of 50s silhouette) even though the majority of women don’t have the bone structure to have an hourglass waist

I think HW is objectively very attractive with a great figure. I do however live very much "in the North" and haven't seen one single person resembling Hannah, never mind multiple!

I thought the ‘real woman’ was in reference to her saying she hasn’t had any tweakments.

I think she’s gorgeous! I could genuinely look at her all day and not get bored. Hannah, if you’re on this forum; I can provide this service for a very reasonable hourly rate.

Septa Unella is. Because HW is a very good actor

She asked my DH out for coffee a few years ago.Did his ego the world of good!!

On the one hand, it's true that masculinity and femininity are constructs that change over time and plenty of male and female people don't fit the stereotypes of their sex.

On the other, I'd really love to know what idea of femininity doesn't include a woman as beautiful, hourglassy, glamorous and soprano-singing as Hannah Waddingham.

You think everyone who works for The Female Quotient wants to fuck Hannah Waddingham?

100% fuck that shit

Shall we form an orderly queue 🤣

What the hell is the female quotient when it’s at home? Op asked what the phrase ‘a real woman’ means.

Big?! Did anyone see her figure on Benidorm ? Wow !

I had too Google her - wonder if they’re meaning she’s a proper womanly woman rather than a ‘girl’?

If you read the thread you'll see @nomas post at 11.49

“Real Woman” as a compliment, only exists to insult other women. Take your pick, too thin, too tall, too whatever. A woman is a real woman. The end.

I think this phrase is a throwback to a time when most women in the entertainment industry were very, very slim and then there was the odd one who didn’t quite fit the bill but was still very attractive. I think it’s redundant now because you see all shapes and sizes these days. It was always a horrible phrase imo.
I have to admit I also thought there was something vaguely unnatural and a bit odd looking about HW’s face when I first saw her on the Baileys ad. I think it’s just that she’s had a face lift/ Botox. She is very striking and looks amazing though and I like her energy.

I really hate the term. All women are ‘real women’ whatever their body shape or whether they conform to some stereotype of femininity or not.