The FAT Question

Once in a nutrition class in college, the professor put 10 outlines of female figures on the board. The figures ranged from very obese to stick thin. Then, the professor divided us by our gender. He had the women vote on which figure we thought was the most attractive and then he had the men vote.

The men chose the figure that in the dead middle. The women, overall, thought the figure was a little heavy. But, the men said it was curvy, sexy and healthy-looking. The women picked the figure that was in between the middle and the stick thin figure. However, the men said that figure was ok, but not as attractive as the heavier one.

What???

So, here is the question of the hour. What drives women to worry so much about being fat? Do men want women to be super skinny? Or do we, as women, put undue pressure on ourselves?

As for us, we couldn't agree at our playdate. We would love everyone's opinion - especially any men out there!