Thigh gaps - beauty? Really?

@athousandyoung said
This reminds me of Calvin Candie (Leo DiCaprio) whitesplaining to Django about the Black experience:

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Calvin Candie : This is Ben. He's a old Joe that lived around here for a long time. And I do mean a long damn time. Old Ben here took care of my daddy and my daddy's daddy, till he up and keeled over one day. O ...[text shortened]... y genius, these three dimples exist in the area of the skull most associated with servility.

@vivify said
I didn't "correct" her. She said women have "horror stories" finding clothes that fit and I didn't contradict her statement.

Anyway suzi doesn’t need me to protect her. She’s tougher than I am.

Agreed.

@suzianne said
To be fair, I don't understand how women looking for clothers that work for them makes it more difficult for everyone to find the right clothes for them.

@shavixmir it seems that in cultures where food is scarce, large bodies are a sign of wealth and beauty. When food is plentiful and it's cheap to be obese, being thin is in. Pre massive industrialization, having a tan was the sign of a field laborer and so women used summer parasols to prevent tanning. Now workers are stuck in buildings away from the sun. A tan, especially in winter, is a sign of the leisure class. People pay to lay inside cancer inducing tanning beds.

@shavixmir said
I was watching Colbert and he cracked a joke about thigh gaps.
Never heard the term before, so I googled it.

That, a gap between the thighs (well, the term sort of does suggest it) near the crotch.
Obviously I then knew what they were on about.

I always thought it was malnutrician. So, women who don’t eat enough.
But seemingly it’s build. Some women have it and som ...[text shortened]... m just waiting for the day that ears go out of fashion and people get trunks to replace their noses.

@jimm619 said
I used to look for it. We called it''the bell,'' because of it's bell-like shape.....Anecdotally, I find these women to be more skilled lovers.

@vivify said
I was just observing the type of clothes women prefer makes shopping more difficult. Women prefer form-fitting attire compared to men who generally dress more comfortably in looser, less restrictive clothes. True, skinny jeans have come back into fashion with men, but generally speaking, that seems to be the case.

So I wasn't implying you were wrong in any way, I just o ...[text shortened]... ping real women as emotional when I was just commenting on female portrayals in movies and TV shows.

@suzianne said
These are generally just women who are more fit.

The old Rubenesque standard is just not healthy. This is why heart disease is creeping up as a major killer of women.

@suzianne said
These are generally just women who are more fit.

The old Rubenesque standard is just not healthy. This is why heart disease is creeping up as a major killer of women.

@jimm619 said
You got 'the bell', Suzi?

I’ve never liked the Bergen Belsen look.

@shavixmir said
I’ve never liked the Bergen Belsen look.

@athousandyoung said
I doubt Serena Williams has a thigh gap.

@jimm619 said
Really? I like anorexic women.......
Not the disease, just the look.

@shavixmir said
Christ no. Just running my hands over a girl’s skinny ribs makes me think of spare ribs. Then I get hungry. And I don’t want to be Hannibal Lector.