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Men not being attracted to obese women

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itchyhands3 · 20/04/2023 12:50

I've just watched a video by an' expert' emphatically saying that men do not as a rule find obese women attractive unless they have a specific fetish for obese women.

I don't know what to think for I would be considered obese on scales but certainly don't feel I look obese and consider myself relatively attractive and some men have expressed attraction towards me
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I'm 5'7' and over thirteen and a half stone . Size 14-16 .I am 49.
This has really unsettled me for some reason. How insulting . But is it true ?

OP posts:
Mirabai · 12/05/2023 20:33

moomoomoo27 · 21/04/2023 20:46

Skin stretched more = fewer wrinkles and sagging.

Fat sags though doesn’t it.

DarrellRiversCriminalBehaviourOrder · 12/05/2023 21:14

Mirabai · 12/05/2023 20:33

Fat sags though doesn’t it.

I think it depends, actually. I've seem quite a lot of plus size apple-shaped women whose stomachs were large but didn't sag at all. Their bums didn't sag either. Some people's fat seems to go straight outward.

DiddyHeck · 12/05/2023 22:09

DarrellRiversCriminalBehaviourOrder · 12/05/2023 21:14

I think it depends, actually. I've seem quite a lot of plus size apple-shaped women whose stomachs were large but didn't sag at all. Their bums didn't sag either. Some people's fat seems to go straight outward.

Models tend to be the exception rather than the rule though, hence the reason they're models.

Generally speaking fat does tend to sag, especially as we get a bit older and the elasticity in the skin starts to go and the muscles tend to weaken with the weight.

Jowls are aging and people tend to get them younger when their faces are fat.

DarrellRiversCriminalBehaviourOrder · 14/05/2023 09:32

DiddyHeck · 12/05/2023 22:09

Models tend to be the exception rather than the rule though, hence the reason they're models.

Generally speaking fat does tend to sag, especially as we get a bit older and the elasticity in the skin starts to go and the muscles tend to weaken with the weight.

Jowls are aging and people tend to get them younger when their faces are fat.

I'm not talking about models, I'm talking about ordinary women. Plus size models tend to be hourglasses rather than apples.

Hongkongsuey · 14/05/2023 15:11

The reason some people have abdominal fat which doesn’t sag-rather remains ‘solid’ is because it’s visceral fat.

Mirabai · 14/05/2023 15:20

DarrellRiversCriminalBehaviourOrder · 12/05/2023 21:14

I think it depends, actually. I've seem quite a lot of plus size apple-shaped women whose stomachs were large but didn't sag at all. Their bums didn't sag either. Some people's fat seems to go straight outward.

I mean I think we may have different interpretations of sag. Fat stomachs that go out generally go down too with the weight of the fat.

DarrellRiversCriminalBehaviourOrder · 15/05/2023 18:59

Mirabai · 14/05/2023 15:20

I mean I think we may have different interpretations of sag. Fat stomachs that go out generally go down too with the weight of the fat.

I've seen plenty that don't. The women were certainly overweight/obese, but for some reason, the fat simply didn't sag. Very high bums as well. Lucky them.

Seems to be an apple shape thing...I haven't seen it on other body types. I'm an hourglass and while I don't carry fat on my stomach, my bum and other places definitely sag if I gain too much weight.

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