regard@ttidcc.UUCP (Adrienne Regard) (04/19/85)
>When men say they prefer voluptuous women, they mean they >prefer Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield rather than Twiggy. >Men interpret "voluptuous" to mean "having an hourglass figure." >But women interpret "voluptuous" to mean "like the women Ruebens painted." >This is what men call "fat." > Frank Silbermann THIS woman always considered Jayne Mansfield and Marilyn Monroe to be voluptuous, since that's what Madison Avenue (and older men of her acquaintance) called them. However, THIS woman also considered Jayne and Marilyn to be fat. Not as fat as some, perhaps, but still fat. Some of Rueben's women are fat and some are voluptuous, and some are both. Some men think that, too. I asked.