Do some men "really" find curvy women attractive?

I may not be a man, but I am an observer and I have noticed that a lot of men claim to actually “prefer” curvy women.

Every guy I’ve ever met prefers “curvy” woman.

To be honest, there is a point at which it ceases to be attractive to me, but I couldn’t define that point, and I think it depends to some extent on the total package. In general, I find all sorts of women attractive. And whatever you look like, there are always some men who will find you attractive. There’s no denying that at some point in weight increase that number starts to get smaller, but they’re out there.

I’m a woman and I “prefer” a woman with a few curves.

I was told once that my unique curves that not many women have is a big part of why my body is so nice

This is too much of a generalization. I prefer big women, that doesn’t mean that all men my age, height, weight, race etc have a tendency towards big women.

Biggger women look attractive to me because they look ‘healthy’. Smaller women look like they are suffering or struggling because they are so small they look malnourished, that is just one reason though.

I also like a woman with a big butt and curvy hips because the sex is just better for me because their skin is soft and smooth and ‘cushion-y’ lol.

I tell you this, I’ve always found self assured women very attractive.

I had a friend who always used to say he preferred a woman who looked like she could survive a hard winter.

Let’s also not forget ‘closet fat girl lovers’. A lot of men have the pressure on them by their male friends and shallow family members that dating a smaller women is better. In an aesthetic way, a man with a women from a magazine is more visually appealing, making more people accept them. I have known men that date smaller women, but also like fat women, but don’t want to be seen in public with them.

My wife has heard me before say that I think Nigella Lawson is hawt…a beautiful, full figured woman that can also cook too?! Nice!

i love the curves of a woman, not to be crass , but like cars i feel that the classics always match the test of time… marilyn monroe, jayne mansfield, jane russell, and rita hayworth. These were not large women but average sized curvy women and as a man i must say i prefer curvy women… volumptuos and amazing

There comes a time when you realize few ladies can have “curves” and still be rail-thin. It’s just a metabolic/genetic fact. And I imagine most guys like girls of various body types equally.

Well I have a friend that thinks the lead singer from Gossip is totally hot so yeah I guess so

@RareDenver Omg I would totally do Beth Ditto lol.

@sndfreQ True but I don’t know where she gets her looks from. Her Dad looks like a bulldog licking piss off a thistle. Charming man though or so i’ve heard.

Of course “some” men prefer curves, just as “some” men prefer skinnier women. It’s a preference.
What you really want is a guy that wants you for you, and not your body type. A body changes immensely over the years, the love should be more than what a person looks like when they meet the person.

@RareDenver gosh never heard of her, just checked her images now, she is super confident very admirable

@casheroo I know that but this was specifically about loving ones curves and what exactly men and women find attractive about curves. Media always hypes up skinny women I think the tide has turned

Quick example to illustrate my preference.Gwyneth Paltrow no thanks, Angelina Jolie yes please.I said please oh come on do you want tme to beg~

@Blackberry I don’t have her curves nor her confidence dam! but she looks great. Tired of all the same old same old. It’s nice to know men like it too

curvy girls are attractive (curvy, not overweight)
who wants to date a kebab (a bit of meat in a stick) these days anyway?

@flameboi maybe we should clarify curvy? There is curvy, then there is extra curvy then there is super curvy then there could be down right unhealthy curvy? what do you think?

@Just_Justine I’ll just stick with plain old curvy.

Hips don’t lie. Shakira, Sharika.

@Just_Justine and @flameboi The definition doesnt even really matter.

A 300 pound women can be attractive if her body is shapely i.e the coke bottle figure. Some men don’t like that, but the shape is still what makes them attractive.

@Just_Justine
o.k. here it is…
Jessica Simpson – curvy
Jennifer Lopez – :D curvy
Kirstie Alley – :( curvy
Mo’Nique – :s curvy

I preferred slender because that is the way my beloved was. I presonally don’t give a rats ass for any shape anymore.

@flameboi Hmmm, that is a good chart lol. Except I would a :D on every one.

Skinny is not sexy. Curvy is much, much better.

My beautiful wife, God bless her, was what we called “zafig” (Google it if you never heard the word) when I met her, and stayed that way most of her life. I loved her pound, every curve.

@Owl I’ve never heard of ‘Zaftig’ women. It seems to just be the same as BBW though.

@Blackberry High five loll

Many (possibly most) men find curvy women attractive—it’s feminine, soft, generally healthy-looking…but then again, a lot of men find almost any kind of body type on a woman attractive. Also, I would like to put it out there that naturally slender or “skinny” women are sexy also…not all skinny women look unhealthy or weak. I think it’s very inappropriate to say that skinny or slender women are not sexy considering the current “movement” (for lack of a better word) towards acceptance of all women’s natural bodies. No woman should be put down or criticized because of the natural shape of her body.

@owl my polish friend says there they are called fluffy.. how nice is that?!

@flameboi Kirsty is hot not :-( so no that wont work loll

@frankie I agree, no one is saying skinny or slender women are not beautiful but we are grabbing some lime light for the curvy women here! there are skinny, slender, toned, muscular, average and shapeless women but that is a whole new topic

Count me in

Count me out

That’s like asking, “Does the sun set in the west??“LOL!!
I just LOVE that curve and nice muscular definition, even in the legs and thighs: the curve and structure creates ‘interest and appreciation’ throughout.
Very Sexy – shapely, well-built girls [not talkling of ‘the fatties’ though – just plenty of body and curve]

@Just_Justine Actually, @Lightlyseared said “Skinny women are not sexy.” I still answered your question, but after seeing that I wanted to address @Lightlyseared ‘s comment as well as other ones that were inferring that, for some reason, slender women are unable to be sexy.

@frankie I understand, perhaps we should leave out the skinny word as it could be seen as derogatory and I am sure not meant that way. Although my personal preference for skinny is not high as I was once super skinny don’t want to even go there

@Frankie It’s obvious and very apparent that slender women are very sexy, there’s no need to defend them. More people have to defend liking bigger women because small and slender women are the societal norm. This is one of those discussions where there are so many variations to the topic that it can go on forever because evry individual on this topic and in society has myriad preferences.

Skinny can be sweet too if she’s got long legs. A young colt on stilts. That’s also hot.

@SeventhSense How could you not want to be in that hahah?

Personality does wonders for any body type looking AMAZING!

But I certainly prefer a girl to be in shape because it sometimes – not always – says a lot about their lifestyle. Curvy and skinny can both fall into that category.

Also, I don’t think anyone is acknowledging that the body type of the man or lady who’s attracted to the woman also matters. I’m kind of a slim guy and I prefer a girl who’s shapely – she’s less like me and therefor more interesting.

Real Women Have Curves
fabulous movie

@Blackberry It doesn’t make sense to have to defend either. Why pit one against the other? A woman is NOT her body type. All women should simply be treated like human beings, no matter how big or how small they are. The same goes for men.

Yikes. As a photographer interested in fashion photography, most of my models are slender but still have a little curve to them. These are the people that the industry likes to see. I like curvy women and bigger women because I’ve been around them all my life. My mother is BEAUTIFUL and a size 12. I’ve always been skinny but since college, I’ve been putting on weight and it doesn’t bother me. When I was younger I always thought that in my younger years I would be average and then eventually either before or after I get married, I will be my mom’s size. I look forward to the curves I will inherit and I think there are plenty of guys out there who will appreciate them.

yes

@Blackberry I would agree to some extent; however, when someone outright says “skinny isn’t sexy,” I feel that there is a need to defend those so-called “skinny” women because, as I said before, no woman should be put down due to the natural shape of her body. There is a difference between saying “I love curvy women; skinny women aren’t for me” and saying “skinny isn’t sexy,” therefore putting down millions of women simply because they don’t conform to this guy’s standard of beauty. To me, that’s just as worse as someone saying curvy women are “fatties.” It’s all the same to me. No one needs to be put down because of the natural shape of their body. End of story.

@AnonymousGirl Well obviously….We could dismantle this whole topic now by saying that personality is everything….... But the focus is on the body, that’s what the question was about, right lol? :)

@Adagio I watched that movie for a Women’s Studies film class I took a couple years ago—loved it!!!

@Frankie If Blackberry doesn’t think skinny women are sexy then that is his opinion, what’s the big deal?

@Frankie Ah yes I understand. Here on these internet forums I just assume that everyone has an invisible disclaimer before their answer that says: “This is just my opinion” lol.

@Blackberry Good point.

@Frankie People who have the attitude “Skinny people aren’t sexy” are actually doing us a favour when they make that opinion known to us. Just something to think about.

And c’mon now, we aren’t talking about love here. We’re just talking about attraction, simple and without relationship issues being brought into it.

@nayeight I never once criticized @Blackberry for his preferences. I really don’t care or mind what his preferences are. I do care when people put down women due to their body shape, but @Blackberry never did that, and I never accused him of doing that. Perhaps you weren’t reading my posts clearly enough?

@Blackberry Good call.

Didn’t mean to bring any hostility FYI. We can all have an adult heated debate and go back to being as happy as can be ^^b I like to bring all the angles in to asses the debate.

@Blackberry
How could you not want to be in that hahah?
Yes and of course you are referring to a gathering with Mrs Kardashian. You would like to be in a party with her. I concur. I would love to tap that make her acquaintance.
She seems like a lovely girl.

@SeventhSense Lol! Well this is embarrassing, because I was actually talking about Nikki….... but Kim is also smoking hot. I find them both extremely attractive women.

@AnonymousGirl I guess I just don’t understand why one would have to put down an entire group of women for their natural body shape in order to make a different group of women feel good about their body shape. I don’t see anything wrong with saying “curvy women are gorgeous”...it’s a positive statement and doesn’t put anyone down. “Skinny women aren’t sexy” seems unnecessarily negative to me.

@Frankie I agree with you. Attraction is subject to begin with, and acknowledging ALL body types can be attractive with the right personality backing them is a really nice sentiment. If everybody thought that way the world would be a better place.

@Frankie Oh I see what you mean. It’s a semantic issue. Like me saying “Broccoli is disgusting”, instead of “Broccoli doesn’t appeal to me”. Gotcha :)

@frankie a few guys have said they will pass on the fatties and no one has said anything? each to their own choice. It’s probably more of a paraphrase you know fatty skinny.. instead of slender or curvy, I think it would be more obvious that men would prefer both a slender and curvy woman all mixed into one. But the topic is fall in love with your curves or look for inspiration as for decades women that were not of a certain body type were sidelined, ignored and called fatties

@Frankie I know what you mean. After all, I am on the thinner side. I find people who say such things to be rude, but I also view it as they are doing me a favour by showing me that they are rude. It’s just like I would think it’s rude if a guy said that bigger girls are ugly, and that may turn me off from them, even though I’m on the smaller side.

@Blackberry haha, exactly. It may seem silly, but to me, negativity about any woman’s body is just unnecessary.

@RedMosquitoMM Thanks :)

@Just_Justine I hate the word “fattie” as well. I did address that in one of my previous posts.

@AnonymousGirl I agree with you, and I’m the same way. Usually the guys who say bigger girls are ugly end up being obnoxious douche bags!

What I think is strange about myself is how I can be attracted to various ‘types’ of women, one who is 250lbs, and another one who is 140lbs. It makes it hard to really decide what I want lol.

@RareDenver your post has so inspired me, I’d never heard of Beth Ditto before wow just watched her on youtube she is my new hero!

“Curvy” is such a vague term. What the hell does it even mean? It seems to me it’s really just a euphemism for overweight. Thin women have “curves” as well, if you mean hips, breasts, ass.

@Frankie You seem to be a good judge of character. ;)

@Blackberry Maybe you just like variety.

@le_inferno I think in the past they were called plump, stocky or fat, I think we have moved away from that now, and call women curvy meaning they carry weight. But still have great shape

Well, personally, I think this whole “curvy” movement is an excuse for overweight women to justify being out of shape. We shouldn’t be sugar-coating or patronizing bodies that are downright unhealthy. I’m not saying women who have a larger build are unattractive, but carrying excess body fat shouldn’t be promoted. Many women with a large frame are quite healthy and in shape, of course. There’s a difference between “overweight” and “curvy,” I can assure you that. It’s just the whole “It’s okay to be overweight! Skinny girls are yucky!” sentiment a lot of people are pushing that bothers me. It seems a little defensive.

@le_inferno Makes sense. That’s understandable. Even though no large society like a country is going to drastically drop the national overweight and obesity rate, I know what you mean.

@Blackberry Of course not. It’s just a creeping mentality that bugs me. Especially because I’m naturally thin, I don’t think it’s fair when I hear people saying “omg, skinny girls are malnourished and unhealthy looking!” I do not look unhealthy. My weight is healthy for my height, and I have curves. But like you said earlier, it’s more of just a backlash against a societal standard, so I try not to read too much into what dem hataz say.

@le_inferno Yeah, it’s expected with anything really. If everyone worships babies and birth, some will profess their desire to not have kids. If society feels driving safely is the way to go, some will drive recklessly just to cross the red tape lol.

@le_inferno Dem hataz…... haha!

@le_inferno You make a lot of good points. A lot of people also make it seem like thin women have easy lives and get all the guys when that’s not even always true. A guy has actually told me that he wouldn’t date me because I’m too thin or something like that. I wasn’t even thinking of dating this guy! I’ve also been called things like: thin, lanky, anorexic, bulimic, etc. (I’m not anorexic at all. I’m also not bulimic). There are people who’ve treated me badly just BECAUSE I am “thin”. So, yeah, thin people are picked on as well. I think the trick is to really not fall into the trap of self-pity. Not everyone is going to like you. Not everyone is going to like me. Life goes on. I find that a lot of bigger people turn people away from being attracted to them, not because of their weight, but because of their ATTITUDE. If you’re gonna whine about how no one likes you because you’re not thin enough or whatever, then chances are, people aren’t going to like you . . . because you’re a WHINER, not because you happen to be a ‘bigger woman’. If someone DOES dislike you because of your weight, that person isn’t worth your time anyway. Why waste time crying over people like that? Just move on. The way I see it is that people like that make it easier when it comes to deciding who is worth being with.

@Frankie – If you’ll promise me you’ll stay away from those mind-damaging “women’s studies”, I’ll give you a cookieLOL!
... and you’ll start to see a lot more of all the cookies that are there in life just awaiting our enjoyment and good fun.
Be where ‘women’sstudies’ isn’t!! LOL ;)

PS You’ll also DO and SAY things a lot more accurately!
Try it.

@Blackberry – you sure are having a great time running this discussion; aren’t you??LOL

@denidowi ......What the hell are you talking about?? Could you please speak English?

I think that a woman who gains weight begins to lose appeal when her weight seems to convey a sense that she’s incapacitated by it. If she can do less because she’s out of breath, or her knees hurt, it’s unattractive. If she says she can’t wear something sexy because of her size, that’s unattractive. If she groans getting in an out of a car, that’s not good.

Now if her curves make her feel sexy, then it’s more likely that she feels like doing something of interest to me – which is attractive. If she says, oh yeah, big girls LOVE to skinny dip, that’s a hoot. And if says, I can’t help it, I’m just a lusty wench, then you must be at a Renaissance Faire.

Skinny women are hot, yeah. And curvy more plump women are just as hot. Just different.

Curvy women look really good in tight, simple clothes, shades of black or blue. Not business suits, tents, or complicated-looking clothes though. Not an overabundance of accessories, either.

But curvy women are naturally attractive I’d say. A “tired” look is more of a threat to a woman’s looks than curves, or fat, is.

yes i think alot of guys prefer bigger girls
and i have come too love my body , as a full figure woman.

@le_inferno the question was about curvy girls and what men like about curvy girls, by default it would mention the opposite in order to do a comparison of taste. For example I love butter but hate margarine. Does not imply that margarine has no validity or is lesser than. If you are polarized to either side it is unhealthy if not your natural body shape. Some people are naturally larger some are naturally thinner. I am currently larger due to factors like age, medication and basic body build. I would starve myself to be thinner in the past, no more I am a healthy curvy woman looking to accept her own body type. Whether society is indifferent or prejudice to either type is another topic. Plus I am a health fanatic

Yes, it’s genetic.

But the genetics….... can go haywire.
What happened to her? I think this is her bodies violent backlash to her insane dieting when she was doing the Dukes of Hazzard movie.

I need meat on a body. I don’t want to worry that I might break the person. When it comes down to it, I like boobs and ass; most naturally skinny women do not possess either of those to the degree that I enjoy. Most models are hideous to me; if I can see your ribcage, you probably aren’t eating enough.