Originally Posted by GuitarBizarre

By that logic people who don't own guitars can't like rock music, and people with glasses can't appreciate art.



And vanilla, what you just said is EXACTLY why I posted:



I think at this point you're just looking for an excuse to have a go at people.

Lines like "That comes from men's unrealistic view on how women should look" are pure bull****. Not ONCE in this thread have I said women can't, or shouldn't, look however the **** they want within reason. I've been arguing your corner this whole time that size 16+ women are perfectly fine, and can be mighty attractive. In fact, many 16+ women are significantly MORE attractive than the "average woman".

And then you come along and say "That comes from men's unrealistic view on how women should look" as if you can make such a broad statement about everyone on earth with a penis and frankly, to me, that comes off as being unable to accept there is a difference between having a PREFERENCE, and making a JUDGEMENT on what is acceptable.

I will gladly state my preference. I am not making a personal judgement of anyone who does not FIT that preference by doing so. I am stating that I think there is an outlying form that is more attractive than other forms. And why wouldn't there be? Nobody considers a 1.2L hatchback car to be a fine piece of automotive engineering. Nobody considers an IKEA living room set to be the equivalent of solid Oak Furniture. But they're the average in their respective fields, just like size 16 is the average for womens sizes. They work. They're deserving of respect and they're great in their own way, and plenty of people would never ever want anything more. Or people might even consider that those "averages" are already very much high quality.

Does that diminish their worth? No. Does that make a negative judgement about their worth in relation to other things? Again, no. All that observation states is that people are allowed, and mostly EXPECTED to consider the average in ANYTHING to be "Good, but not the best", and then SOME but not ALL peoples tastes and wants and desires branch out from that average into other areas.