Posted: Jul 11, 2015 1:57 am
Thommo wrote:Oldskeptic wrote:Marylin Monroe
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was rather plump but is still recognized as very sexually attractive partly because her ratios were just right.
She wasn't. a 22 inch waist is not "plump", it's actually pretty "skinny" (this is barely larger than a scaled up barbie - regularly criticised for being "so thin she'd snap under he own body weight"). When we "defend" women with such expectations, we're actually loading on the problem. I'm persuaded that the myth of a golden age of men finding "plump" women with waists smaller than most women can ever dream of attractive is more harmful than beneficial.
Indeed. Her measurements put her at model status even today. I think they varied between 35-22-35 and 36-23-36 and that the highest weight she ever hit was around 140 lbs. If you ever see Some Like It Hot, that's the heaviest she ever was on screen, iirc.