25. Comment #468144 by dumbcountryhick

I never said they looked that bad and if you read all my posts, I was saying that different societies outlook on the fuller figured lady has differed in the past...hence my example of these voluptuous women, beautiful as they are, would not exactly be catwalk material in these times.

I have given examples above of social groups who actually try to fatten their young women up to make them suitable to their menfolk as marrying material because a large women is a sign of well being.

"In Mauritania, a woman's size indicates the amount of space she occupies in her husband's heart," said Mint Ely,

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/01/mauritania-force-feeding-marriage

Read the article....it's disgusting how these children are treated.