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Your Opinion on Plus Size Barbie

What do you think of plus-size barbie?

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ChrisL said:
Once they take off their pants, their butts fall down to their knees. :lol: J/K! Kind of.
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It probably depends on the woman. There actually are some older ladies in porn who have managed to maintain pretty reasonable figures.

They're not as attractive as the young women, of course, but they'll hardly send you screaming from the room either. As far as "long term sexual partner" material goes, a guy could do far worse. :lol:
 
Peter Grimm said:
Little girls play with Barbies, not women.
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Yet it appears that only women have an axe to grind. Go figure. Any old figure, preferably. We'd hate to give the impression this was political, wouldn't we?
 
radcen said:
Add me to that minority. B-cup is perfect. A-cup and C-cup are great. Some women even rock the flat-chested look. D and above are generally too much, though some women pull it off well.

Most men appreciate a "nice pair", and 'nice' does not automatically mean large.
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Turns out that we make up somewhere around 60% of the whole, according to most studies. ;)
 
Gathomas88 said:
It probably depends on the woman. There actually are some older ladies in porn who have managed to maintain pretty reasonable figures.

They're not as attractive as the young women, of course, but they'll hardly send you screaming from the room either. As far as "long term sexual partner" material goes, a guy could do far worse. :lol:
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Umm, Gathomas, most of those women have had plastic surgery of some sort, AND they're looks are their living so they DO exercise for like 6 hours a day.
 
ChrisL said:
Okay lizzie. Men don't really like big boobs. Feel better?
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I'm still not really sure why you seem to feel so strongly about this, Chris.

You're on the smaller side of things. Have you ever had trouble landing dates? :lol:
 
opendebate said:
The posts in this thread have just solidified my opinion that men have a very difficult time understanding the pressures young girls face surrounding the issue of body image. I get that, it is more challenging for me to understand the pressures that men feel. It drives many young girls to drastic measures (ie: anorexia, multiple plastic surgeries).

Seems like a more realistic approach to this issue would be to reinforce the positive message of accepting yourself and making the most of what you have; there will always be people who think you are fine just the way you are, find those people and be yourself with them.

I do think that we would all better off if beauty products and toy industry, fashion mags, etc broadened their definition of female beauty but that is not likely to happen.
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Good point. I think you're right, it's tough as a guy to understand the whole picture. Myself, I don't think a doll can, by itself, give a girl body-image issues. I think it's more up to the parents communicating with their kids.

I think it's up to the parents to teach their daughters to live a healthy lifestyle in terms of proper diet and exercise, and then within that to teach them that they're perfect just the way they are.
 
ChrisL said:
Okay lizzie. Men don't really like big boobs. Feel better?
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I'm not the one who is bothered about it. I provided you with a link to psychology today, which I would say is probably a better source of information than my anecdotal evidence.
 
ChrisL said:
Umm, Gathomas, most of those women have had plastic surgery of some sort, AND they're looks are their living so they DO exercise for like 6 hours a day.
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There is such a thing as simply having good genes too. There are a lot of really ugly older women in porn (granny/young girl lesbian porn is apparently a big fetish for some people), so it's not entirely about the industry only selecting the best looking older women either.

Frankly, speaking typically here, so long as they stay in reasonably decent shape, the butt is usually one of the last things on a person's body to "sag" anyway (though cellulite is, admittedly, a different issue).

There's simply less there to be pulled down by gravity in the first place. :shrug:
 
Gathomas88 said:
There is such a thing as simply having good genes too. There are also a lot of really ugly older women in porn too (granny/young girl lesbian porn is apparently a big fetish for some people), so it's not entirely about the industry simply selecting the best looking women.

Frankly, speaking typically here, so long as a woman stays in reasonably decent shape, the butt is usually one of the last things one a person's body to "sag" anyway (though cellulite is, admittedly, a different issue).

There's simply less there to be pulled down by gravity in the first place. :shrug:
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Alright, alright. Most women in their 50s and 60s are lookers, and men prefer small breasts. This must be the effing Twilight Zone. :roll:
 
Gathomas88 said:
It probably depends on the woman. There actually are some older ladies in porn who have managed to maintain pretty reasonable figures.

They're not as attractive as the young women, of course, but they'll hardly send you screaming from the room either. As far as "long term sexual partner" material goes, a guy could do far worse. :lol:
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I disagree about their not being "as attractive as the young women".

I love the 30-something porno honeys the most, myself. They're more down to earth, and they don't think they're too good to trade e-mails and pics with folks like us.

They also listen to better music.

Wow. This thread is kind of turning me on.
 
ChrisL said:
Alright, alright. Most women in their 50s and 60s are lookers,
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Not what I said. :roll:

I said that some were, and that they were usually the ones with naturally "slimmer" body types anyway. They are far from a majority.

and men prefer small breasts. This must be the effing Twilight Zone. :roll:
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Again, what was actually said here is that size really isn't as important as shape or proportionality. Big can be beautiful, but it isn't what men universally prefer as you claimed.

A majority of men actually prefer a more "middle of the road" approach.
 
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ChrisL said:
Alright, alright. Most women in their 50s and 60s are lookers, and men prefer small breasts. This must be the effing Twilight Zone. :roll:
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Big breasts are better on younger women, but medium to small breasts age better. That's because gravity is not your friend. That's my perspective.

You want to see an older woman with perfect breasts, google Marisa Tomei Topless. A younger woman looks better with bigger boobs than that because they haven't had time to sag yet, so they can pull it off.

In fact, big boobs that don't sag at all are a sign of youth and that's probably why they're attractive in the first place.
 
Even though men are first attracted physically to a woman, not all men share the same taste. So all this talk about big boobs being essential or nice legs etc. is nonsense. For every pot there is a lid that fits perfectly. And when it does it is oh so wonderful.
 
Gathomas88 said:
It probably depends on the woman. There actually are some older ladies in porn who have managed to maintain pretty reasonable figures.

They're not as attractive as the young women, of course, but they'll hardly send you screaming from the room either. As far as "long term sexual partner" material goes, a guy could do far worse. :lol:
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A porn star as a long-term sexual partner?

Well, yes, I suppose one could do worse, but one can certainly do much better.
 
Um that's not the definition of plus size, in my book. That Barbie is overweight... check out that double chin.

People have been arguing for a NORMAL sized Barbie forever now. Hear that Matel? NORMAL. Not a twig, not a blimp, but normal. How hard is it?

Well, I guess the plus sized one looks like the average American at this point, so maybe my definition of normal is skewed.
 
Bob Blaylock said:
A porn star as a long-term sexual partner?

Well, yes, I suppose one could do worse, but one can certainly do much better.
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Ummm... No. I was simply talking about older women who age gracefully. They do exist, after all.

So long as a woman takes care of herself, a shapely behind is usually going to hold up better than a large set of breasts. Frankly, even if she does let herself go a bit, a wider set of hips and larger butt isn't an especially terrible thing to have on a woman anyway. :lol:
 
vesper said:
Even though men are first attracted physically to a woman, not all men share the same taste. So all this talk about big boobs being essential or nice legs etc. is nonsense. For every pot there is a lid that fits perfectly. And when it does it is oh so wonderful.
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So true. My guy friends and I often talk about hot women and what we find attractive, and we don't agree on much. Of course, I'm always going to speak of my preferences as if they're a global or universal truth, because the world happens to revolve around me.
 
Northern Light said:
Um that's not the definition of plus size, in my book. That Barbie is overweight... check out that double chin.

People have been arguing for a NORMAL sized Barbie forever now. Hear that Matel? NORMAL. Not a twig, not a blimp, but normal. How hard is it?

Well, I guess the plus sized one looks like the average American at this point, so maybe my definition of normal is skewed.
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OMG NL we agree on something. Will wonders never cease! :lamo Yes the plus size Barbie is overweight and the regular Barbie is anorexia so three cheers for a "normal" Barbie! Yea!!!!!!
 
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vesper said:
Barbie dolls always came with panties when their outfit was a short skirt. :)

And you can buy panties for them at about a buck a pair.

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Thanks, Vesper. I was about to post to Gipper that he obviously doesn't know much about Barbie. I remember some of those panties!
 
If it's plus sized then it isn't a Barbie.
 
Bob Blaylock said:
A porn star as a long-term sexual partner?

Well, yes, I suppose one could do worse, but one can certainly do much better.
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Gathomas88 said:
Ummm... No. I was simply talking about older women who age gracefully. They do exist, after all.

So long as a woman takes care of herself, a shapely behind is usually going to hold up better than a large set of breasts. Frankly, even if she does let herself go a bit, a wider set of hips and larger butt isn't an especially terrible thing to have on a woman anyway. :lol:
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This thread is all about cosmetic appearance, and personal taste relating thereto; but there's a point that I think needs to be made somewhere in here, and this looks like the place to make it.

As far as I am concerned, another word for “long-term sexual partner” is “wife”. I would not be in sexual relationship with a woman to whom I was not married, and my expectation of a wife goes far beyond merely being a sexual partner or a cosmetic decoration. In fact, “cosmetic decoration” really isn't a major purpose of a wife at all.

It would not make me unhappy if my wife looked like a beautiful supermodel; so long as she retained the much more important and meaningful traits that truly make her suitable to be my wife. As it happens, I did not marry someone who looks like a supermodel or a porn star or any other such image that we are constantly given of what a beautiful woman should look like; and that's OK. She is beautiful in more meaningful ways, that are not nearly so obvious from a superficial glance; and that will last well beyond the point where the more superficial form of beauty is lost to the ravages of age.

Now don't get me wrong. I greatly appreciate the sight of a beautiful (in the conventional, superficial sense) woman. But as far as what I need in a life partner, that isn't even on the list. It'd be a nice luxury, but it is not at all a requirement. Fortunately, my wife is secure enough not to terribly mind my admiration of the superficially-beautiful women we encounter. Sometimes, she'll even point one out that she thinks I might particularly admire. Often, of course, she'll playfully tease me over the fact that most women who are really attractive are young enough that I could be their father.
 
nota bene said:
Thanks, Vesper. I was about to post to Gipper that he obviously doesn't know much about Barbie. I remember some of those panties!
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The reason I remembered it is I had a daughter and now granddaughters and always thought it was important to teach them while putting an outfit together for Barbie, to remember her underwear. I knew the underwear came with the short skirt outfits but I wanted them to make sure they learned to dress the doll with the right undergarments first before the outfit. But then again, I was also one of those mothers and now grandmother that insists on their baby dolls be dressed and not left naked. That probably sounds odd to some but oh well......call it a lesson in modesty.
 
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