If you ask me, I will have to completely disagree that men find women who look anorexic hot. The models who come up on FTV who look dry like a stick cannot turn me on even if they were not wearing anything. A woman's body is defined by her curves. More importantly the waist to hip ratio. Bigger hips and a narrow waist, that is what men like and I can say this with utmost certainty. The following article clearly defines that

http://www.whatdomenreallythink.com/howto/women-with-curves.php

The waist to hip ratio clearly is the most important factor that makes a man go gaga over a woman. Why do you think men love JLO or Shakira or Beyonce? You name it.

It is really irritating that women are constantly battling which is better, thin or not? I am a tall and very thin woman (with a hip to waist ratio!), naturally! I am so sick of women who aren't thin ripping apart women who are and vise versa. According to things I've read, thin women are "stick figures," "boyish," et cetera. That is simply not true, and I assume the people who would say such things are struggling with extreme insecurity and have a vast number of issues. Being thin is not being bulemic or anorexic. Why can't it just be that we are accepted the way we are? My whole life I have been under the normal weight and people feel the need to comment on it whenever they want. It's rude. I can't change my weight no matter how much I eat, and I shouldn't have to in order to fit into someone else's standards of what's "healthy." I would never in a million years take it upon myself to comment on a larger woman's size so what gives someone else the right to do it to me or to anyone else. Fact is, opinions vary from person to person. Some prefer thin, some prefer average, some prefer large. That doesn't mean the men in general prefer one over the other. The point being, we should just be able to be who we are without judgement. I'd love to see how men would feel if women started tearing apart thier body types. My guess is, it wouldn't feel to good to them.

I have to agree that super skinny is super hot.

Thin and lean is definitely hot. Lean women with no excess fat or blubber hanging out is an amazing turn-on. To ME. And there are plenty of other men that think the same. There are other men that DON'T like women to be as thin and actually DO like women to have some excess fat or blubber hanging out. THAT is exactly how it should be, otherwise, how do BOTH the very thin AND fatter women get loved?

When fat women criticize skinny women, MOST people think of the fat woman is jealous of the thin woman. When skinny women criticize fat women, it just seems mean. In reality, FAT women criticize SKINNY women MUCH more often than skinny women criticize fat women, and that is just stupid!

I am a slim, athletic man. I appreciate women of a variety of natural features, but I am of course always drawn to a slender, fit woman. I don't think "anorexia is hot" at all. That disgusts me as much as women with "gunts" and spare tires stuck around their middle like some unfortunate accident with a flotation device.
I do like "skinny" women, if they are that way naturally (light framed women with long legs and arms), and have healthy faces and good skin tone. Women who starve themselves or throw up to be "skinny" will never have that charm.

Skinny is HOT. I am attracted to thin women.. Always have been, because I'm athletic and in shape myself. I don't want to date a girl with a bigger butt than mine- or with a pooch and cellulite. That is a turn-off. Now a woman who is naturally thin who is healthy and exercises is a big turn ON. Thin gals have great butts if they work out. Overweight women put down slim women because of jealousy, which in itself is unattractive as it shows low self esteem. There are hefty gals with nice faces out there, but I wouldn't have sex with them.

just to let everyone know you can still be athletic and gorgeous without being super skinny. In society today thin is in, but it is not reality to everyone. In my family no one is really small and that is okay but we are most certainly not fat either. We are health concious and active, we are just not thin. In my family the average size is a size 12-14 and hourglass shaped, and that is okay. You may call me fat, but i know that i am being healthy with what i eat and active in what i do. To be perfectly honest my goal size is a 10-12 and i am working on that right now. Its not because i think i am fat, it is because that is where i will be most comfortable with myself. I don't want to go any smaller though because then i would just blend in with the rest of them.

Now do you think i am fat?

i also believe being skinny is hot... i'm normal size girl and i aspire becoming stick thin!

As an ex-model (who was actually one of the few short models out there) , I can safely say that when very thin women insist that they are naturally thin - they are generally lying. To stay thin, we models barely ate. Most of us ate sparingly and threw up after meals. One woman in particular only ate on Sundays. Another woman would eat 4 sprigs of broccoli a day. Another friend of mine lived off wine, coffee, and cigarettes. And yes...one of our friends eventually ended up in the hospital due to this behavior. It happens all the time - it is just not the highlight of the media (unless you are Amy Winehouse or one of the Olsen twins). Just look at Kate Moss, she is 5 ft 7in and weighs 96lbs. She has also been repeatedly arrested for possession and consumption of cocaine.

Yeah there are some women who are naturally thin. I have a friend who is about 90lbs and eats all of the time. She is hyperthyroid. That's really the only situation in which a woman can be naturally thin. And there is no cure for hyperthyroidism - unless you want to go the route of radiating away your thyroid gland (which would only lead to hypothyroidism and then you would have to take thyroid replacement medication for the rest of your life).

Another woman I know - who was around 90 to 100lbs and very skinny - repeatedly went to her doctor saying that she experienced all kinds of medical problems like sleep issues, hair loss, skin problems and no she was not starving herself. She ended up being significantly hyperthyroid and having thyroid cancer. They removed her thyroid gland and put her on synthetic thyroid replacement meds and now she is about 120lbs and looks so much better than she did. She says she feels better too.

But generally, when it comes to very tall models with large bone structures - they are starving themselves. They are not healthy and there is generally a significant lack of muscle tone. Women who exercise and eat right tend to gain weight because muscle builds beneath fat. Muscle is also heavier than fat. I used to be very skinny - 100lbs - and I never exercised and never ate right. I was sick all of the time and had terrible bowel issues due to this. But now I walk 2 hours a day - everyday - and do pilates and yoga 3 times a week. I am a vegetarian and I eat 1400 to 1500 calories a day. I am 5ft 3in and weight 143lbs. I have very curvy hips and my bmi is nearly 25. I have so much energy and feel great everyday. It's sad that models are not really encouraged to live life this way. And I look great. Here is a picture:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/stltrista/love004.jpg


Sure, it seems many of the men who commented on this article say that thin is hot - and I think what they mean is they do not prefer significantly overweight people. I think it's all semantics - I don't think they are thinking "anorexic" when they say "thin."

The truth is...we need to get away from saying "thin" or "not thin." It's not black and white. I carry 143lbs very well...whereas some people may not.

Why is that people..women in particular think that is okay & acceptable too insult thin women! I am naturally tall & skinny and have been all my life! I most certainly do not starve myself but yet it is assumed that if your thin you must never eat!! I don't assume that larger people sit & stuff their faces all day! Yes some people starve themselves & yes some people stuff their faces but its not just 1 or the other across the board like it is always assumed! I have friends who are on forever failing diets and have experinced women being quite rude too me on a night out because I am thin & they want too be & when it is discovered I have two childern they dislike me altogether! It is just ridiculos! your either frowned upon because they want too be thin like you or your told too eat more! If I were too say to a larger woman..god your legs look huge!! I'd be the worst in the world & after hurting their feelings & giving them a complex! I would not dream of commenting on someones personal apperance but when your skinny its assumed you won't mind! well it has the same inpact being told you look too skinny as it does being told you look too fat!! Also this thing of wondering & wanting too know what men prefer just baffles me!!who cares what they prefer! no one is perfect!

I am a 49 year old man. Just a regular guy, USMC veteran, and aerospace welder.
My entire life I have preferred a thin woman; not anorexic. Anorexic women in my opinion are too thin and I find that very unattractive. But a woman can be thin with no excess body fat to very little, say 6% without being anorexic. Breast size too me is of little importance; although I find completely flat women not as attractive as a woman with say an a or b-cup.
Although thin women are the only type that turn me on sexually, I do prefer intelligent women with a great personality to the quiet uneducated type.
But all my life heavier women have called me shallow. I suspect it's because they found me attractive but knew they had no chance of ever turning me on sexually.

One more thing. When men are attracted to thin women it's not a lifestyle choice in most cases. It's just the way were wired. I have a friend, I'll call him Josh. Josh is a 6'6" 184 lb blonde haired blue eyed German decent guy in extremely great shape and the ladies tell me he's quite handsome. He's attracted to big heavy girls. A thin women wouldn't have a chance at turning him on. It's not his fault, it's just the way he's wired. He can't change that any more than a lesbian or a gay man could flick some switch inside themselves to start finding members of the opposite sex attractive.
I'm wired to find thin women attractive. I can't change that by flicking some switch inside me. I'd rather be without a woman than be with one I don't find attractive.

Fat (over size 10) is unattractive and these girls call themselves 'average'. Skinny is totally hot. I slept with a heavy girl once - size 12- but it was sickening to see her big stomach and ass even though I thought her rack was nice. I turned off the lights so I didn't have to look at her. None of my girls starve themselves and they are natural, thin, skinny, pretty, healthy. I can afford to be uber picky, I get the best looking skinnies in tight jeans.

Nothing is hotter than a person with confidence who cares about their health and is fun to be around. Gorgeous looks and amazing hip to waist ratio don't keep a guy around long if you're an insecure high-maintence ass. If you love life and accept people for who they are good or bad, you'll see people will want to be around you no matter what you look like. That's what I've expierieced being heavy one moment and thin the next. Love the life you live!

Actual Anoretics aren't doing it for men, out of all the underlying causes, men isn't one. We don't give a damn what men think.

Who cares what men think? Like yourself and you'll attract the right man.

When I see a thin lady, I see a lady I can hugh with my arms round her body, fall in my arms easily. When I see a fat lady, I see a lady blessed with curves (which is sexy), warm body to spent time next to. And of course, a lady of an average size means she has a few qualities from both size. this means a woman can be thin, fat or average. Each of the 3 body sizes has it's own sweetness in the eyes of a man.

A gal that has small bones, small frame, 5' 2" or 5' 3"
small firm breasts, narrow hips, thin thighs,
weighs under 105, natural blonde, very fine hair (fuss) on face and thighs.
Don't wear make-up, very little eye make-up, blue or green eyes
Anyone seen this gal? She is the one I want.

Very much agree! to an extent the thinner the better! super thin arms and bones showing is a very huge turn on. I'd go nuts for any girl like that