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16. Comment #466695 by Ignorant Amos
>Anyway, a quick scope through our past will show that the fuller figure lady was favoured as a sign of good health and child bearing ability and is still a body type prefered even today.
That's more the exception than the rule in western society today. If you're a slim woman, you can catch a wealthy man.
There must be some unconscious algorithm that converts dress size into husband's salary amount. Poor men get the leftover fat wives. Very brutal, but that's nature.
Permalink Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:56:00 UTC | #446789