ian said:

Nasty, nasty, nasty...

AnotherLover2 said:

It's not nasty, just true. America has a huge problem of obesity.

ian said:

"thick" is not a term for "obese", ian.

I don't really have a preference as regards thin or thick, but I do like "healthy".

AnotherLover2 said:

True.

AnotherLover2 said:

Well I know that now, don't I?

matt said:

a skinny irish man..???

ian said:

I'm a little bigger than N7.

SuperC said:

Actually, the opposite is true. For women, the measurements and weights of models, beauty queens, movie stars, etc. has gone down quite a bit (Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, etc. would be considered "fat" today), while what is considered manly/handsome in men is bulked-up, muscular, heavier men (buff 'men of steel').

DORA said:

Nah, I'm the Irish man, Matt is from the US

I'm not skinny any more... I used to terribly skinny a couple of years ago, so I worked hard to gain weight and get healthy. Now I'm just right, I think. The right weight for my height.

LaVisHh said:

They all look fine to me!

ian said:

There were questions about the word "thick". Since I said I was "thick", I decided to elaborate.

AnotherLover2 said:

It may depend on what you watch. Beyonce and J-lo are the hot things, right now both have figures fuller on the bottom half than any of the ladies back then. Breast was the thing, now it's thighs and ass. A thick woman is usually thick from the waist down.

Is now totally confused by the meaning on thick

LaVisHh said:

I'm still none the wiser really. Is Marilyn Monroe "thick"? Janet Jackson? Curvaceous, voluptuous, without being skinny? I'm all for that (and I'd say most men are too...).

That said, I only ever dated Japanese women and they tend to be slim.

SuperC said:

No, I mean there have actually been scientific studies done on this. People may think of Beyonce and J-Lo as "thick", when in reality they are smaller (even on the bottom half) than the old film stars and models were, if you actually take measurements.

ian said:

See, to me, Marilyn Monroe is thick, but Janet Jackson is NOT. I think Janet Jackson is thin--but she has big tits. So some people will refer to her as "curvy"--when the only "curves" she has on her are her tits and hip bones...the rest is sheer muscle. I'm not saying that's ugly, I'm just saying that doesn't seem "thick" to me...

Ok, now this is bugging me, lol...will someone try to explain to me what "thick" means, with regards to a female body?

A thick woman is a blessing for the average black man.

There is no definition to "thick" and I think that it is a silly fucking term.

LaVisHh said:

Maybe it's all personal perspective--just like what is "attractive" to one person is not to another...maybe what is "thick" to one man or woman is "skinny" or "fat" to another...? After all, there are no doctors or scientific measurements to deem what "thick" is, are there?

LaVisHh said:

Anotherlover2 is explaining it quite well.

AbucahX said:

I am? Thanks!

AnotherLover2 said:

I agree with you, but in this case, the term "thick" is used widely amongst today's culture, and they are talking about a certain type of female body...

Where the HELL is theC, rdhull, and BAD when I need them!

IceNine said:

"Thick" is a 'fucking term'

AnotherLover2 said:

:LOL:

AnotherLover2 said:

Hey now... Janet's size and shape varies

In Diff'rent strokes, she was about average. In "Nasty" and "What Have U Done For Me Lately" she was just plain fat. In "When I Think of You" she was gargantuan. In "Pleasure Principle" and "Rhythm Nation" she was skinny. In "Janet" she was curvaceous and sexy, and from "Velvet Rope" to present day I'd say she's curvy not thin. She has some great curves! Not that I noticed, ahem.

LaVisHh said:

In other words, you need some black men's definitions of the word, not mine or ian's or AbucahX (although I think he's black). But don't you think that even between them, they might have some discrepancies about what is "thick"? They might agree on the generalities, and could point to or name some celebrities who fit the typical definition--but in real life, I bet they'd have some disagreements.

Nevermind...this is getting nowhere.


[This message was edited Sun Feb 9 18:24:24 PST 2003 by LaVisHh]