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Your Opinion on Plus Size Barbie

What do you think of plus-size barbie?

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Bob Blaylock said:
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.
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No, no. I agree completely. I was simply adding to the point TD made earlier concerning how women with better legs and hindquarters could often tend to age more gracefully than those with large breasts.

I have seen more than a few older women (by my standards, anyway) who still have rather nice behinds even in spite of their age. That isn't quite as common where large breasts are concerned.

I'm not saying that it is required that any woman I stay with maintain that level of appearance. It would be nice, of course, but one would hope that the relationship was based off of stronger things than simple lust by the time one reached that age anyway.
 
My girls know that Barbie is just a toy...
 
vesper said:
Wait a minute sugar ....women with moderately large breasts who maintain their weight and remain active do not end up with sagging tits. That is a fallacy. Now if they are 44DD heck yes because they are fat. With no muscle tone anything would sag.
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Are you for real? Of course breasts sag with age. I'm assuming that you're in your 50s, and if so your breasts are not NEARLY as firm as those of an 18-year-old girl. :roll:
 
A fat Barbie for a fat country.

So instead of keeping thin role models to encourage people to lose weight...just fatten up the role model.

Creepy.
 
DA60 said:
A fat Barbie for a fat country.

So instead of keeping thin role models to encourage people to lose weight...just fatten up the role model.

Creepy.
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True. Seems our country has more of a problem with obesity than anorexia in reality, so why would they want to push this chubby Barbie on our already overweight society?
 
Gathomas88 said:
No, no. I agree completely. I was simply adding to the point TD made earlier concerning how women with better legs and hindquarters could often tend to age more gracefully than those with large breasts.

I have seen more than a few older women (by my standards, anyway) who still have rather nice behinds even in spite of their age. That isn't quite as common where large breasts are concerned.

I'm not saying that it is required that any woman I stay with maintain that level of appearance. It would be nice, of course, but one would hope that the relationship was based off of stronger things than simple lust by the time one reached that age anyway.
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Lol! One would think so, but there's nothing wrong with a little lust either! :mrgreen:
 
I still think that skinny Barbie looks better. Does that mean I'm an anorexic? :lol:
 
Peter Grimm said:
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.
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You cannot use actresses and models and compare them to your average person though. You also can't make an accurate assessment of an actress or model based upon pictures of them online. There are all KINDS of tricks they use.
 
Perotista said:
I would believe so.
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Hard to say if they are TRUE anorexics or not. An anorexic truly believes she is fat. That's a tough call to make by just looking at a picture of a really skinny person.
 
ChrisL said:
Are you for real? Of course breasts sag with age. I'm assuming that you're in your 50s, and if so your breasts are not NEARLY as firm as those of an 18-year-old girl. :roll:
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The conversation was about older women not an 18 year old. Yes Chris our bodies do change with age but it doesn't mean that a mature woman will end up with sagging boobs. There is nothing on me that looks like it did when I was 18 but if you take care of the muscles that support the breast it makes all the difference if they will be looking down at the floor or straight ahead. And wearing bras that give support and properly fit is also very beneficiary. Women who do not wear properly fitted bras see the same sagging effects as those who go braless for years regardless of size.
 
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vesper said:
The conversation was about older women not an 18 year old. Yes Chris our bodies do change with age but it doesn't mean that a mature woman will end up with sagging boobs. There is nothing on me that looks like it did when I was 18 but if you take care of the muscles that support the breast it makes all the difference if they will be looking down at the floor or straight ahead. And wearing bras that give support and properly fit is also very beneficiary. Women who do not wear properly fitted bras see the same sagging effects as those who go braless for years.
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Actually, the conversation is SUPPOSED to be about Barbie dolls and their impact on self image, therefore not really about older women at all. :mrgreen:
 
ChrisL said:
Actually, the conversation is SUPPOSED to be about Barbie dolls and their impact on self image, therefore not really about older women at all. :mrgreen:
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Excuse me all to hell for responding to those who quoted me including you. geesh
 
ChrisL said:
Hard to say if they are TRUE anorexics or not. An anorexic truly believes she is fat. That's a tough call to make by just looking at a picture of a really skinny person.
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What ever they are, they ain't for me. I like at least a little meat on the them there bones.
 
Perotista said:
What ever they are, they ain't for me. I like at least a little meat on the them there bones.
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That's fine, but I just wanted to clarify that women can get that thin and not necessarily be an anorexic. I knew a girl who would starve herself on purpose just because she liked to be thin, but she wasn't an anorexic. She was just kind of stupid. :lol:
 
vesper said:
Excuse me all to hell for responding to those who quoted me including you. geesh
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Relax. I was just joking around with you.
 
ChrisL said:
That's fine, but I just wanted to clarify that women can get that thin and not necessarily be an anorexic. I knew a girl who would starve herself on purpose just because she liked to be thin, but she wasn't an anorexic. She was just kind of stupid. :lol:
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Stupid for sure.
 
ChrisL said:
Relax. I was just joking around with you.
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Come on, Chris -- this is serious, serious business here.

We're talking BARBIE, dammit.
 
Gardener said:
Come on, Chris -- this is serious, serious business here.

We're talking BARBIE, dammit.
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Yes, Barbie means business. :mrgreen:
 
ChrisL said:
Yes, Barbie means business. :mrgreen:
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You know what happened last time somebody tried to mess with Barbie.....
 
How about lesbian barbie? how would that go over?

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Gardener said:
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You know what happened last time somebody tried to mess with Barbie.....
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Man, you know you need to stop spending time in the greenhouse when the first thought you get from this picture is "I wonder what types of plants those are supposed to be"
 
I don't remember who posted the gifs of Barbie and "normal-sized Barbie," but people have been discussing Barbie's freakish proportions for decades.

From HuffPo [bolding mine]:

The search engine for locating mental health treatment centers put together an infographic using data from the 1996 study "Ken and Barbie At Life Size," which was originally published in the academic journal Sex Roles. The graphic compares the proportions of a Barbie's body to the body of the average American woman as well as the average model and the average anorexic woman.

Some of the numbers are quite striking. While Barbie's head would be two inches larger than the average U.S. woman's, her waist would be 19 inches smaller and her hips would be 11 inches smaller. Since her waist would be four inches thinner than her head, Barbie's body wouldn't have the room it needs to hold all of its vital organs, and her uber-skinny ankles and child-size feet would make it necessary for her to walk on all fours.

The infographic was created as part of a larger report on body hatred among young women. And although January 2013 research showed that peer influence may impact body image even more than pop culture, it's never bad to be reminded just how unrealistic the bodies of the dolls you grew up playing with are.

Barbie Body Would Be Pretty Odd-Looking In Real Life (INFOGRAPHIC)
 
nota bene said:
I don't remember who posted the gifs of Barbie and "normal-sized Barbie," but people have been discussing Barbie's freakish proportions for decades.

From HuffPo [bolding mine]:

The search engine for locating mental health treatment centers put together an infographic using data from the 1996 study "Ken and Barbie At Life Size," which was originally published in the academic journal Sex Roles. The graphic compares the proportions of a Barbie's body to the body of the average American woman as well as the average model and the average anorexic woman.

Some of the numbers are quite striking. While Barbie's head would be two inches larger than the average U.S. woman's, her waist would be 19 inches smaller and her hips would be 11 inches smaller. Since her waist would be four inches thinner than her head, Barbie's body wouldn't have the room it needs to hold all of its vital organs, and her uber-skinny ankles and child-size feet would make it necessary for her to walk on all fours.

The infographic was created as part of a larger report on body hatred among young women. And although January 2013 research showed that peer influence may impact body image even more than pop culture, it's never bad to be reminded just how unrealistic the bodies of the dolls you grew up playing with are.

Barbie Body Would Be Pretty Odd-Looking In Real Life (INFOGRAPHIC)
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I agree, but she's a doll and doesn't have to be life like. Kind of an important aspect to playing with dolls is pretending. I just don't believe that a doll would have nearly the impact on body image as Hollywood does.
 
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