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Poll: What size hips do you find attractive in women?

uniquely-ironic posted on Feb 11, 2008 | views: 942 | Tags: hips, too big, sexy, Curves, attraction, wide
This is open to everyone, but I have to admit I am curious to see what you guys think.
 
My sister and I were discussing family tree stuff and noticed that our tree contains what we think is an abnormally high number of familys with a ton of children.  Even taking the time period into consideration we were astounded at just how many children these women put out.  One sideline conversation addressed the fact that with producing children for farm labor that the farmers must have considered wide hips attractive in a mate.
 
So, in this day and age, what do men find attractive?  Wide, medium or narrow hips?
 
The floor is open.  I will add our conclussion later.


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  • SeanRenaud said on Feb 11, 2008....
    Wide for the most part, to be fair big tits, small waist, big hips is pretty much universal and has been for a while.  I only know one man who is interested at all in the railthin runway model types.  Though I'm sure he's not alone, I'm mean there are guys who like BBW girls too.
  • uniquely-ironic said on Feb 11, 2008....
    sean - so you like the big curvy type.  Is there such a thing as hips that are too big?
  • evil_twin said on Feb 11, 2008....
    I guess I'd have to say medium sized. I definitely like curves, but they can't be too huge or it's a turnoff. But too skinny is also a turn off. Just a girl who looks really proportioned is ideal for me.

    -evil_twin LA
  • SeanRenaud said on Feb 11, 2008....
    Of course.  There are plenty of black girls who have failed to understand the difference between a big ass and a big ass woman.  Coke bottle figure is about where I like it.
  • uniquely-ironic said on Feb 11, 2008....
    ET - Very wise for someone yet so young.  I worry that many women starve themselves trying to get "boy hips" that are very fashionable right now.
  • uniquely-ironic said on Feb 11, 2008....
    sean - so proportion vs volume ;)  Yes, there is a difference.
  • SeanRenaud said on Feb 11, 2008....
    Don't get me wrong there are acceptions to this rule.  I'd bang the hell out of Raven Simone and she's got some pounds on her, and while I generally don't like uber skinny make no mistake The Olsen twins wouldn't walk right for a week.
     
    Though to be fair I'd like to know where this idea that men like malnutritioned runway model types comes from?  I mean granted Jessica Alba is really skinny, but she has T & A, so do most porn girls, most bikini models.  You simply can't use runway models as an example of really anything.
  • evil_twin said on Feb 11, 2008....
    I don't know of very many men who really like the skinny boyish look on a girl. I guess there are obviously some though. But I think those women who starve themselves to look like these models, do it because they think it's hot. Not because men do. Because if they do it for us, they shouldn't. Because most of us don't like that.

    -evil_twin LA
  • uniquely-ironic said on Feb 11, 2008....
    Except that they seem to show up on the arm of rich, successful men all the time.  It's a social sickness in my book, but then, I was once that way.  Not by choice, genetically, but I so much more enjoy my shape now.
  • SeanRenaud said on Feb 11, 2008....
    Give an example?  Ivanka Trump has curves?  Coco (Ice T's girlfriend) has curves.  Where are these rich and successful men dating tooth picks?
     
    I mean I know there are guys who like that look I have a close friend who's never dated a girl as big around as his arm.  But he's the freak. It just seems a little odd, I don't get the feeling her that this is one of those "everybody is lying" situations either.
     
    Everybody lying is what I apply to Micheal Jackson and Britney Spears.  Recently more Ms. Spears.  Everybody I hate her music, she has no talent, even my kids/sister/brother don't listen to that crap.  Yest she goes gold and platinum?  I call bullshit.  I won't lie  and clame that I've never found any of her music entertaining.  I'm a Slave 4 U and Perogative are very intertaining (Hell I think her version is better than Prince's). 
     
    When it comes to looks I trust the girls we see in movies and music videos (once again usually nice tits, nice butts) more than I trust that Paris Hilton is anything to anybody.  Though maybe I'm a bit naive.  REally I just see this as part of the great, guys are evil and are making girls sick by checking out other girls conspiracy.
  • hinana said on Feb 11, 2008....
    I dont think its so much about being skinny then it is about not being fat.
    And fitting into those really tight clothes.
    What seems to happen is that they get carried away about losing teh fat, until theyre trying to lose fat they dont have.
    That makes it sound like anorexia, but it is kind of true.
    Youre your own worst critic.
  • sweetles said on Feb 11, 2008....

    "Poll: What size hips do you find attractive in women?"


    the hips i and she finds acceptable to one another is normally the only measurement considered.

    terri

  • uniquely-ironic said on Feb 11, 2008....
    ET - I think you may be right about women also influencing other women into believing all women should be rail thin.  I see both men with curvy women and men with very thin women, and until the last 5 years or so it was leaning toward thin.
     
    sean - I don't think it's neccesarily an all guys or all girls issue.  I think as a group that we worship being thin way too much.  My question was posed to the guys, since if a woman wants to maximize her attractiveness she needs to know the mind of her target audience.  (and tune out those who in the end really don't matter)
     
    hinana - clothes.  I had forgotten about that.  I know that I find it difficult to find jeans that fit my hips without floating aimlessly around my waist.  I think the people who design clothes need to go outside and watch the crowds to see their real audience.
     
    sweetles - in a perfect world that would work for everyone.  Very wise of you.
     
  • beyondtheveil said on Feb 11, 2008....
    unique- Medium and proportioned. Preferably tall, at least five-seven. When I see one six feet, I can't take my eyes off them. 
  • Mr_Box said on Feb 11, 2008....

    I'm not that picky. I don't really like excessively large hips though. That would look odd unless she was a really large girl all over. And then that wouldn't really be my cup of tea anyway.

    My wife used to have that really thin figure without a lot of curves. And now her body has changed a little after getting older and having a baby. She's much curvier now. I like it.

    But I liked her the other way too. So it's kind of a draw. I guess I'll go with medium to small sized.

  • rupert7 said on Feb 11, 2008....
    I like a big buxom babe! but at the end of the day what she is is far more important than what she looks like. Maybe you gotta be over 40 to agree with that? lol
  • lfbno7 said on Feb 11, 2008....
    My answer is like Mr Box.
  • husbandhater said on Feb 11, 2008....
    Mines are too Big. Working on Diet to reduce them. Pilates and Yoga here I come.
  • ZsuzsiO said on Feb 12, 2008....
    I love this blog. It reminds me how much I love my wide hips.
    I love everything about it. I love the shape of it, I love the feel of it, but what I love the most is the feeling when my man grabs me at the hips and.... well, let's just say, hips are very important part of good sex in my eyes.
    With that very same reasoning I love my boobs too, of course. When I put on some weight, I really feel the sexiest, because I can show off my natural curves.
     
    What I DON'T like, is all the rest of the fat on my body. The problem is NOT the hips or the boobs. The problem is that when I try to lose weight, and keep up with fashion, I seem to lose my sexy curves too.  Therefore I envy those lucky, lucky girls, who are blessed with naturally thin figures, flat belly yet nice curves too.
     
    About today's ideal body type: extremely thin figure seems to be really in style these days for sure. Actresses, singers look like the people on the holocaust pictures - maybe that's the reason they can only keep fame or a relationship for no longer than about six months - you know that was the avarage life time of people sent into those concentration camps....
    It is almost natural that rich people want to look like stars, so more and more rich women start to look frighteningly skinny. To tell you the truth, some of the most expensive stores ONLY SELL miniature size clothes, so a woman of normal size couldn't even shop there even if she'd have the money. I think it is simply a crime agains women in general, but it surely explains the abnormal reality of skeleton like rich women.
     
    How sad...
     
    By the way, I am in a relationship for five months now, and I did gaine my "winter weight" during this time. I always complain about it, and my boyfriend always tells me that he doesn't really care about it at all. When he touches me he doesn't think of "all the fat he is holding on to", as I fear, but simply about the love he is about to share. Well, that's nice, isn't it?
     
    Oh, and about those pants.... go ahead, and get the ones that fit your hips, and compliment your shape even if it seems to be too wide above the hips. For basically no money at all, you can take those pants to any neighbourhod sewer, and have him fit it to your shape. All the stars do the same with their clothes, so why can't you? It does not change the style of the pants at all, it only gives you better fitting clothes that can better compliment your shape.
  • sweet_cookie01 said on Feb 12, 2008....
    having a hips of 27 inches... i think its medium size and what i would expect semi hubby would want!...LOL....LOL.....
  • slirpuff said on Feb 12, 2008....
    Curvy, not fat, is the name of the game.  A women
    with an apple bottom butt is as sexy as you can get.
    Leave the skinney women to the social climbers and
    the run way.
     
    Slirpuff
  • uniquely-ironic said on Feb 12, 2008....
    BTV - so you like tall women then.  Are you also tall? just curious
     
    JBox and Mr7 - but if you could only have one shape, which would you prefer?
     
    rupert - I agree that what's on the inside is more important, but I think it's more of a mindset than an age thing.
     
    HH - but how does a person decide what is too big?  You might be some guys perfect shape the way you are now.  Of course personal preference does come into play.
     
    Zsuzio - You have a very healthy attitude about your shape.  It sounds like your man does too.  I have had to take pants to the tailor to have the waist or length adjusted.  It's a great trick that makes a woman appear well groomed.
     
    sweet cookie - I have to hate you for such small hips.  Of course even in a anorexic state I could never achieve that since I suspect I'm probably taller and have heavier bone structure. 
     
    slirpuff - apple bottom butt?  at the risk of sounding ignorant, what is that?  Ah yes, the fine balance between curvy and fat.
     
  • quietone said on Feb 12, 2008....
    holy cow sweet cookie!~~ my waist is bigger than your hips!! I personally don't find other womans butts attractive one way or the other!  Mens butts on the other hand.....now that is a differnt story!  :o
  • beyondtheveil said on Feb 12, 2008....
    unique- I'm not real tall, I'm 6' 1". 
  • quietone said on Feb 12, 2008....
    beyond ~ 6'1" is tall when you are only 5'5" or shorter!  :)
  • uniquely-ironic said on Feb 12, 2008....
    quietone - I agree that for me that a mans butt hold my attention much more than some womans.
     
    BTV - You're on the tall side.  Not freakishly tall, but "someone to look up to". :)  I have always wondered if men prefer women about as tall as they are, which in my case would be a bad thing since I tend to date/marry/live with men 6' or taller.
  • quietone said on Feb 12, 2008....
    oops uinquely...you were talking "hips" not butts...guess I got carried away there! ha
  • uniquely-ironic said on Feb 12, 2008....
    quietone - I was wondering how you made the "leap" but as you can see, happy to go along. :0)
  • onemind46 said on Feb 12, 2008....

    hips...hmmmm i think it's all relative.  i think curvy girls are more attractive than those that are straight and /or boxy if that makes sense.  curves are just sexyto me.  but this is from a woman's point of view.  and sexiness can be so many things.  i've seen someone with quite a bit larger hips that moved in a very sensual way and thought "you know she knows how to use what she has..."

    my thinking is that men like women in all shapes and sizes most generally but have a preference for a certain kind of shape.  we are all like that.  i find myself kind of gravitating as i look back at my relationships to similar body shapes.  the men i am with are nearly all the same height (except for a few exceptions) close to the same weight (also except for one or two exceptions) and seem to have at least two or three facial features in common.  four of them have had dark hair.  three have had brown eyes. 

    personally i am pretty curvy and men seem to like it a lot but i am also self conscious about it, especially without clothes to help cover me.  not sure what to do about that? 

  • sweet_cookie01 said on Feb 12, 2008....
    i am only 5'2" and my jean size which is low waisted is size 27 to 28. I have that size because of my big butt!!!.... my waist line is 26 so my hips are a bit larger. I only wiegh 105 to 110 lbs. which is typical to asian figures.
     
    i always dreamed of having the shape of beyonce... she's big butt and hips are curvacious.... those are what i consider sexy...
  • sweet_cookie01 said on Feb 12, 2008....
  • wild-ting said on Feb 12, 2008....
    I'm not a man, but IMO the hip size (a number) doesn't matter. It's the proportions...and curves rule! Skinny boyish figures aren't sexy.

    Someone mentioned Jessica Alba. Yes, she's thin but curvy. And Sherilynn Fenn, although short, carries her curves quite well.

    http://www.hurrellphotography.com/Hurrell/sherilynfennbig.GIF

    Hallee Berry is short, thin AND curvy. Quite nice. Sanaa Lathan ("NIp/Tuck") has a wonderful figure and curves.

    http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2004/04/gallery/bachelorettes/slathan.jpg

    If you know who Vanessa Blue is (google it) she has THE most beautiful body. She put the w-o-m-a-n in woman.

    Ample breasts, a thin waist line, and curvy hips (not fat hips) is sexy. I think healthy, strong but soft and curvy is super sexy!

    -WT

  • rupert7 said on Feb 12, 2008....
    wild - ting - I call the so called "super models" stick insects!....but I wouldn't mind their fat bank accounts lol
  • silverwhisper said on Feb 12, 2008....
    me, i think it depends upon the woman in question, to be honest.

    ed
  • uniquely-ironic said on Feb 12, 2008....
    onemind - that's interesting that you've analyzed the men you're attracted to by physical trait.
     
    sweet - you're still considerably smaller than me, even given the height factor.
     
    wild - you're in the majority, I think.
     
    rupert - well we know they're not spending it on food!
     
    SW - well of course, but some body shapes are more popular than others.
  • silverwhisper said on Feb 12, 2008....
    what i find works for a woman like rachael ray doesn't work for, say, giada de laurentiis. and between the two, i'll take rachael. :>

    [shrugs]

    ed
  • wild-ting said on Feb 13, 2008....
    I had to google giada de laurentiis. Turns out she's the woman with the big head. I can't watch her. All I keep thinking is why is her head so big!
  • uniquely-ironic said on Feb 13, 2008....
    wild - I suppose that does draw the attention away from other body parts!

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