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Ideal Body Type May Have Larger Waist Than Previously Thought

Best Female Figure Not an Hourglass


An imperfect body might be just what the doctor ordered for women and key to their economic success, an anthropologist now says.

While pop culture seems to worship the hourglass figure for females, with a tiny waist, big boobs and curvy hips à la Marilyn Monroe, this may not be optimal, says Elizabeth Cashdan of the University of Utah.

That's because the hormones that make women physically stronger, more competitive and better able to deal with stress also tend to redistribute fat from the hips to the waist.

So in societies and situations where women are under pressure to procure resources and otherwise bring home the bacon, they may be less likely to have the classic hourglass figure, Cashdan hypothesizes in the December issue of the journal Current Anthropology.

Curve crazy

Until now, scientists (and apparently Western society) thought a curvy figure trumped other body shapes. The idea was based on results from medical studies that suggested a curvy waist-to-hip ratio of 0.7 or lower (meaning the waist is significantly narrower than the hips) is associated with higher fertility and lower rates of chronic disease.

In addition, past research has revealed that men prefer a ratio of 0.7 or lower when looking for a mate. The preference makes perfect sense, according to evolutionary psychologists, because the low ratio is a reliable signal of a healthy, fertile woman. Along those lines, Playboy centerfolds tend to have a waist-to-hip ratio of 0.68, Cashdan found.

However, women around the world tend to have larger waist-to-hip ratios (more cylindrical than hourglass-shaped) than is considered optimal by these medical and social standards.

Specifically, Cashdan compiled data from 33 non-Western populations and four European populations, finding the average waist-to-hip ratio for women was above 0.8. So if 0.7 is the magic number both in terms of health and male mate choice, Cashdan wondered why most women exhibit a significantly higher ratio.

That's where the hormones come in.

A little testosterone

Androgens, a class of hormones that includes testosterone, increase waist-to-hip ratios in women by increasing visceral fat, which is carried around the waist. But on the upside, increased androgen levels are also associated with increased strength, stamina and competitiveness. Cortisol, a hormone that helps the body deal with stressful situations, also increases fat carried around the waist.

Hormone levels linked with a high waist-to-hip ratio could lead to such health benefits, which would be particularly useful during times of stress, Cashdan said. These benefits could outweigh those attained from having the tiny waist, hourglass figure, she said.

Perhaps the differences between predominant body shapes in some societies have to do with sexual equality, Cashdan said.

In Japan, Greece and Portugal, where women tend to be less economically independent, men place a higher value on a mate's thin waist than men in Britain or Denmark, where there tends to be more sexual equality, Cashdan said. And in some non-Western societies where food is scarce and women bear the responsibility for finding it, men actually prefer larger waist-to-hip ratios.

"Waist-to-hip ratio may indeed be a useful signal to men, then, but whether men prefer a [waist-to-hip ratio] associated with lower or higher androgen/estrogen ratios (or value them equally) should depend on the degree to which they want their mates to be strong, tough, economically successful and politically competitive," Cashdan writes.

She added, "And from a woman's perspective, men's preferences are not the only thing that matters."

http://www.livescience.com/health/…
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I met a young man recently, and being a very open-minded sort of person, when we started getting closer, and being intimate, I wanted to know what turned him on so I could rock his world even harder. ;) I personally am a submissive kind of girl, I love a strong man (or woman, really) who can pick me up and who will tie me down as well.

He was so shy and embaressed to tell me his kink, but I dragged it out of him.

He likes big, large, lovely ladies. And the thought of feeding them and watching their bodies plump up is an intense turn on to him.

I had no problem at all when he told me, and he started showing me his collection of photographs and videos of large women in various states of undress. It was so sweet how shy he was about his preference. He leans towards the ssbbw's, women who are over 300, 400 pounds. He told me that he loves looking at their curves. He has an extreme fetish for large bellies that hang down, big upper arms, and wide, round asses.

Herein lies the root of my issue.

We are both pretty young, i'm about to turn 24 and he's 21. He has had big girlfriends before, all of them were big. And here I am... 5'4 and 165. I'm not a stick, but I'm nowhere near his preference. I asked if that was going to be a problem, and he said that it was just a kink and preference, that his lady doesn't need to be big like that for him to love her.

I believe him, but at the same time I don't. I know he likes me and my modest curves and rolls. We connect mentally and politically. The sex is incredible. But I have in the back of my head, this worry that his eye will wander to other women who are bigger than me, that if I am not a big woman, he won't be satisfied with my body.

I used to be big. In highschool I was 5'2 and 225 pounds. I showed him pictures, and he was blown away and kept telling me how gorgeous I was like that. But I went vegan my senior year, and I dropped all the weight from the diet change. I wasn't trying to lose weight, in fact I liked my fat body and all my curves and my voluptuousness. I had men hit on me and found me attractive; and some ladies as well ;) But that's just what happened, I changed my diet and all the weight melted off without any effort.

Now I have had several years to even out, and I'm usually comfortable at 140 and I dont have to watch my diet to keep that weight. But I'm 165 today, and I know I put the weight on because I have been eating more and more because I know he's watching, and getting turned on.

The other night was the first time he really showed me what he liked. And this is really where my questions will come from.

We basically went to bed with a piece of cake, which he fed to me very sensually. I was so turned on by the time he had fed me every bite, we had incredible, sweaty, passionate sex.

I don't know why I find this so sexy, but I don't care, I don't need a reason. I want to explore it, I want to experience it. But I am worried about the weight issue. I have a hard time losing weight and if I don't like my body as larger, I'm worried I won't be able to get back down to the size I am now.

Is there anything anyone can tell me, advise me?
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Community re-opening.

So, along with re-activating my journal, I've reactivated the two communites I used to run. (That is; fattenupwomen & feederism)

Anyway, sorry about deleting them before, some crap came up in my life and I had to delete pretty much everything related to the feederism topic. Go nuts with the communities, guys.

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Hey guys... no one replied to my last post but anyway. I've decided to become a feedee and I feel great. Today I ate 12 ice cream sandwiches, a whole sausage pizza, 1 tub of chocolate ice cream, and 2 packs of chocolate chocolate chip cookies
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new site

So, I've worked on getting a much nicer main site for The Hungry Feedee up and running and it's finally open. It allows users to log in, submit links and do other things like that.
You can find it here;
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Hey guys i'm fairly new. I'm a 18 year old male and I'm an FA all the way. I would love to help a sexy feedee gain weight, Alot of weight. I'm a fat guy myself and i'm thinking of becoming a Feedee but i dunno yet. Anyway I was wondering if you could post pictures of your bellies and your height and weight.
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I'm 19 years old, live in Jax, FL. I'm 5' tall, and weigh 260+. My guy is a SSFA, so of course he's looking for me to gain weight, just as much as I am...so here's what I have so far...

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