Like Thin Women? Not Getting Enough Dates? Read This.

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  • Saturday, February 27 2010 @ 08:35 am
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Surprise, surprise, right? In an article that seems to be 100% obvious, AOL Personals staff writes about a study in which it was found that men find skinny women to be the most attractive.

The bullet points for the study done by Wake Forest University (NC):

  • Men find thin women to be the most attractive.
  • Men were also attracted to women who appeared confident.
  • Men nearly universally found the same women to be attractive vs. unattractive.
  • Women asked to rate men's attractiveness had much more varied results.

These "duh" studies really bother me. Any overweight woman could have told you that the majority of men prefer skinny women. Our society has a stigma against extra pounds. You can see it in our print media, TV, movies, and in the opinions of the "average" Joe on the street.

Fat isn't sexy, the world says. So women feel that they have to do everything they can to comply to society's standards or risk being unloved for the rest of their lives.

Guys, there are PLENTY of women who aren't sticks who are totally sexy. And they're not getting very many emails on their online dating site. You know why? Because there are guys who set their search preferences to only look for "Thin/Slender" or "Athletic" women.

But as the AOL Personals article points out, these Most Wanted Women are getting tons of emails every day - I know of women who get upwards of 20 emails a day from men who are interested in them. They have the ability to be extra picky about who they write back - which is why you never get replies.

Try this for an experiment. Make a separate search that has everything exactly the same as your original search except for one thing - select the next two body sizes up from your original search.

If you normally search for Thin/Slender and Athletic, make this search for About Average and Few Extra Pounds. If Average is your current highest, look at some Few Extra Pounds and Curvy women.

You'll discover two things:

  1. There are women who describe themselves in words you'd consider "fat" who really aren't!
  2. You will find women there who interest you. Women you ordinarily would have never seen. Thank me later.

Want a site that will challenge your idea of sexy? Take a look at plus-size model Erin Zerbe's photos at Zerbetron.