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Are all of these women "curvy", or is that just a nice way to say "not skinny"?
The non-washboard body type has plenty of celebrity champions these days, not least of whom, Christina Hendricks, exemplifies the sexy, “curvy” body type that’s supposedly come back into style. But over at Yahoo! Shine they’re wondering if the C-word is really a good way to describe women: The word is used in countless articles and advertisements to give a shot of self-esteem to anyone who’s not a size 2, but it’s also not particularly descriptive or specific way to note a body type.
The folks at Shine think “curvy” is just a marketing ploy: A nice word used to describe “real” women that’s just used to market and sell products to us. What do you think: Should we start coming up with other ways to talk about women who don’t look like Gisele, or is it best to just keep calling us all “curvy”?
via Yahoo! Shine
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I really don’t like that curvy today means “not a size 2″. I am quite thin, and also quite curvy. I’m only 5’1 and my waist is 23″, but my hips are 33″. I fit in a size 2, but I’m definitely not stick-straight. So what am I? Curvy or thin? Also, so many women are described as curvy when they have nearly no difference from their waist to their chest or hips. A woman can be a size twenty and still not be curvy. A woman can also be curvy at size 2. I hate that curvy is now used as a kinder way to say overweight. There is nothing wrong with overweight so why don’t we just say it like it actually is.
I think words like real women and curvy are all relative. My doc said “you’re not THAT morbidly obese” when i told her my weight. really? Cause i’m wearing a 14, i dont consider that anywhere NEAR morbid! or obese. granted i could lose weight, i’d like to, but i dont think it would make me any less or any more healthy than i am. i have curves- from the front and from the side! ha ha! i can take a flight of stairs and not get winded. i can play with my nieces all day. I think “healthy” is a good term. healthy is all inclusive of woman. there is know what she SHOULD look like. there is just what feels and looks good on each person. some are string beans, some apples, some pears, some are a whole meal! does it matter? be happy! be healthy! tell everyone else to piss off!
If we really need to resort to telling women how they SHOULD look, we should say HEALTHY and healthy is different for all of us. For some women, the curvy body is their personal healthy body, such as when their genetics blessed them with the pear shape. I am naturally quite skinny, and in my case, if I gained “curves” it would all be in my abdomen (that heart-disease-indicating apple shape), which is NOT healthy. While I think its great that women with natural healthy curves accept their bodies as their personal unique femininity, I am also offended by the absolute statement that that is what a “real woman” must look like.
It’s better to say curvy than say “real women”. Just because I’m built like a string bean means I’m not a real woman? Then what am I?
Watch an old movie with Kim Novak…that’s the way women should look…not straight up and down….but now days she’d be considered fat.