Gender

[blythe spirit]

Men and lesbians are attracted to curves.
Women and gay men are attracted to angles.

Is that the norm, Oz, based on research? The reason I'm questioning it, is because I know too many men who don't like curves. They're attracted more to straight lines.

The idea that lesbians and straight men like curves and gay men and women like angles is way off base. If that were the truth then all lesbians and straight men would also like anyone who was chubby.

I don't believe you (collectively) can equate curves with chubby. Curves are a shape, whilst chubby is more so defined as being slightly overweight.

[voxelectronica]

I don't believe you (collectively) can equate curves with chubby. Curves are a shape, whilst chubby is more so defined as being slightly overweight.

The state of being chubby gives you the shapes of curves. That's not saying all curvy women are over weight. In high school I remember telling some really mean fat girl that my curves, curved in while her's curved out.

If all straight men and lesbians liked the shape of curves then they would have found both me and the ridiculously overweight girl equally appealing. I just don't see how that would be true.

[Ozme52]

The state of being chubby gives you the shapes of curves. That's not saying all curvy women are over weight. In high school I remember telling some really mean fat girl that my curves, curved in while her's curved out.

If all straight men and lesbians liked the shape of curves then they would have found both me and the ridiculously overweight girl equally appealing. I just don't see how that would be true.

Obviously you don't want to consider the concept that it's about how we're wired in the brain... which is what the post was about... and the discussion of shapes described how I got to the concept!!

There are other cues that cause us to react, (you know, cues that create feelings in us,) both visual, such as facial hair, aural cues, olfactory cues. The things that help us recognize whom we're interfacing with. They cause reactions in the brain and thus feelings about our place in relation to the person we're in contact with.

[Ozme52]

Is that the norm, Oz, based on research? The reason I'm questioning it, is because I know too many men who don't like curves. They're attracted more to straight lines.

As I said, it was just an observation of mine.

Nor was I suggesting there was a normative type. No specific set of curves or angles. Just a generality.