Why do many people in Western society envy thin women when it goes against evolutionary and logical theory?

Question

As some people have pointed out in my earlier question about attraction, men are evolutionarily geared to be attracted toward women who can withstand periods of famine as well as be physically able to carry a child; hence, such an attraction toward thin Hollywood actresses, models etc. seems to contradict what we as humans are programmed to be attracted to. And if you argue it is a societal trend, then why did such a rise in popularity over thin women arise in the first place?

Answer 1

Maybe the skinnier a woman the pronounced her b*****s, waist and behind. Thats what attracts the man in the first place. The fact that she can withstand a famine and carry a child just helps keep the genes in the pool.IMHO

Good question though.

Answer 2

you seem to underestimate the power of the human mind.

its not about being ready to have kids or whatnot, its about looking good and impressive to other ppl. Thin women get more positive attention, hence, more ppl like them.

Answer 3

Thin is associated with young.  Young women are an evolutionary advantage for the male to mate with.  Do men really like skinny women in the west.  I don't think so.  It is fashion types and women who are responsible for the famished look, not men.  At least that is how it seems to me.

Answer 4

Where did you hear that? Men are looking for symmetry, which indicates genetic endowments that are resistant to environmental insults. The variance in this can move about on the distribution from culture to culture, but men prefer females of average build and symmetry.

Models are modeling clothes for other women.

Answer 5

To ask such a Q, would be as simple as asking why people ever believed the earth was flat, and why they ever fell for evolutionary theory and why people ever believe anything less than the truth.

Most adult men love women with some meat on them.

Fleshy girls are sexually attractive.

I mean, to put it bluntly, you make love to flesh, not bone!

Curvy girls with 'interest' in their curves attract men.

Women run most fashion mags, not men.

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Answer 6

Thin or slim women can stay fit and remain alive longer and its good to be fit and healthy. I used to be a bit chubby and now am perfect coz I work out and make efforts to keep myself fit but always there is room for changing no matter how ever the time frame is. MG

Answer 7

On the other hand in our society, where food is plentiful, genes that make it harder to get fat are actually advantageous, because fat people are more likely to get diabetes and heart attacks. So in our society sexual selection for thin people makes perfect evolutionary sense.

Answer 8

Because the hunter/caveman in us knew that he wouldn't have to spend so much time killing animals for meat to bring back to his petite cavewife...

Answer 9

I agree. Men are evolutionarily geared to be attracted towards women who can be physically able to carry a child. Meaning full, wide hips, which much of Hollywood no longer has.

Answer 10

Very good question.  I think it has a lot to do with advertising, and the convenience of having a certain sized woman for modeling purposes.  I believe that at a fashion show, there is a set of clothes that must fit all the models in the show, so if all the women are basically skinny and the same build, then that works out better, right?  So then the fashion shows feature these thin women, and it somehow becomes assumed that that's what is most fashionable.  I think I am rambling and I'm not making much sense... I hope you get a drift of what I'm meaning :)  It's my two cents worth anyway.

Answer 11

Hollywood, the media and simple minds.  For years designers (usually g*y men) have used something like a metre of cloth to make an outfit and all the simple minded women want to get into that outfit.  Weird.

And what's more, we now have the silicon b***s,  I ask you!

Answer 12

Sales of slimming products, the need for which, need is guaranteed by evolution.

Why do you think men in the US are supposed to be hairless?

Answer 13

I think it is a societal trend and definitely has to do with the fact that "fat" on anyone symbolizes wealth, and excess; with the advent of Leninism, and wanting to take down the Bourgeoisie or upper class, who were normally "bigger" due to luxuries (fancy food, and more of it.)  Now that Hollywood has made it stylish, and designers follow that, women who want to be "glamorous" strive for that ideal.

EDIT: I mean that those in Hollywood and the style industry who are politically (or ideaologically driven) towards Marxism and all those fringes thereof.

Of course, each man has his own preference....go to any large gathering and see the couples walking around! A lot of men are still attracted to the curves.

Personally, I'd like to be curvy like Marilyn, Mae West, or any of those ladies! But I don't think I would be paying for them anytime soon!

EDIT:  I am 5'5" and 115.  I have been accused of being anorexic (ha) and have had women hatefuly jealous of me.  I barely had ANY interest in me, even though I was very nice and "considered" pretty by others.  When I did have a BF in HS, it ended up they would cheat on me or leave me for a bigger girl.  I am answering this on original SOCIETY changes, but women really perpetuate this.  How can you be jealous of a girl that looks pre-pubescent, when men want women, if WOMEN aren't conspiring this somehow?

Answer 14

I have a theory which is............ much of today's fashion is determined by g*y men fashion designers.  These g*y men want women to look like them so it won't be so hard to imitate females.  When they make it popular to not have b*****s and be pencil thin, then men can dress more easily and pass for females, you see.  I think, they want to make females unattractive and unpopular the way they are naturally built.  They try to make it a goal to faze out shapely women, g*y men can more easily cross dress & be appealing to men, you see.  It is all propaganda that many women fall for in trying to stay in style with fashion trends.