The perfect body -- male vs. female perceptions

If you ask men and women what they think the perfect body is, you're going to get two very different answers. It's fascinating, really. UK lingerie company Bluebella surveyed men and women on the "perfect" man and woman using celebrity features and came up with these bodies above.

In general (or rather, in this UK-leaning survey), it seems like the ideal female body for women was thinner than the ideal female body for men.

Handy Andy wrote:If I was part of the female wish lisy, I would need substantially larger underpants.

eddie wrote:Tbh, all the women I think are sexier,  are curvier women. Skinny women are gross.
When I was quite thin, I tried desperately to,put weight on (I remember trying to eat the skin of chicken and gagging lol)

I'm not perfect now but I prefer myself now.

And also, can't stand Beckham's face or hair and not too keen on big muscles either! My OH can get quite muscly and I often tell him to,flab up a bit hahahaha

I really like natural looking people.

Raggamuffin wrote:The woman on the right is skinny too, she just has bigger boobs.

Godisgoodallthetime wrote:both women are too thin they both need some meet on their bones...

Ben_Reilly wrote:

Godisgoodallthetime wrote:both women are too thin they both need some meet on their bones...

More your type?

Godisgoodallthetime wrote:

Ben_Reilly wrote:

Godisgoodallthetime wrote:both women are too thin they both need some meet on their bones...

More your type?

i said meat i didn't say a full herd..lol

Ben_Reilly wrote:

eddie wrote:Tbh, all the women I think are sexier,  are curvier women. Skinny women are gross.
When I was quite thin, I tried desperately to,put weight on (I remember trying to eat the skin of chicken and gagging lol)

I'm not perfect now but I prefer myself now.

And also, can't stand Beckham's face or hair and not too keen on big muscles either! My OH can get quite muscly and I often tell him to,flab up a bit hahahaha

I really like natural looking people.

Interesting though how in general (at least in the U.K.) it seems to be the women who idealize the thinner look, rather than the men. To be fair, the men's version of the perfect woman looks like a blow-up doll, but you have to admit it doesn't look abnormally skinny

FluffyBunny wrote:A woman is a failure if she is not beautiful.
Despite any other achievements,if she ages and is not gorgeous she is a failure.

If she is attractive but not perfect her flaws will be pointed out and used as a stick to beat her with.She is told by the adverts on the tele everyday she must use creams to stop ageing (as if it is a disease)

She must never look her age.

She must have natural big boobs that do not sag (sorry Issac Newton,this is modern day expectations)

She will face a tyranny every day from the media,social media that what she has,what she is can never be good enough and needs constant improvement.

When she reaches 40 she is overlooked and ignored altogether,which may infact be a blessing.

FluffyBunny wrote:A woman is a failure if she is not beautiful.
Despite any other achievements,if she ages and is not gorgeous she is a failure.

If she is attractive but not perfect her flaws will be pointed out and used as a stick to beat her with.She is told by the adverts on the tele everyday she must use creams to stop ageing (as if it is a disease)

She must never look her age.

She must have natural big boobs that do not sag (sorry Issac Newton,this is modern day expectations)

She will face a tyranny every day from the media,social media that what she has,what she is can never be good enough and needs constant improvement.

When she reaches 40 she is overlooked and ignored altogether,which may infact be a blessing.

eddie wrote:

FluffyBunny wrote:A woman is a failure if she is not beautiful.
Despite any other achievements,if she ages and is not gorgeous she is a failure.

If she is attractive but not perfect her flaws will be pointed out and used as a stick to beat her with.She is told by the adverts on the tele everyday she must use creams to stop ageing (as if it is a disease)

She must never look her age.

She must have natural big boobs that do not sag (sorry Issac Newton,this is modern day expectations)

She will face a tyranny every day from the media,social media that what she has,what she is can never be good enough and needs constant improvement.

When she reaches 40 she is overlooked and ignored altogether,which may infact be a blessing.

Good post and sadly true.

Godisgoodallthetime wrote:

FluffyBunny wrote:A woman is a failure if she is not beautiful.
Despite any other achievements,if she ages and is not gorgeous she is a failure.

If she is attractive but not perfect her flaws will be pointed out and used as a stick to beat her with.She is told by the adverts on the tele everyday she must use creams to stop ageing (as if it is a disease)

She must never look her age.

She must have natural big boobs that do not sag (sorry Issac Newton,this is modern day expectations)

She will face a tyranny every day from the media,social media that what she has,what she is can never be good enough and needs constant improvement.

When she reaches 40 she is overlooked and ignored altogether,which may infact be a blessing.

spoken like a true ugly , fat, over 50 year old...lol

cynicism.... is a terrible thing..

if you are daft enough to worry about what the world thinks you will be shot down on a daily basis...

if you trust what your partner thinks you'll be good all your life...  

FluffyBunny wrote:

Godisgoodallthetime wrote:

spoken like a true ugly , fat, over 50 year old...lol

cynicism.... is a terrible thing..

if you are daft enough to worry about what the world thinks you will be shot down on a daily basis...

if you trust what your partner thinks you'll be good all your life...  

Do I look like a fat fifty year old to you   

I do trust what my partner thinks thankyou but I was discussing the pressure from the media on all women to look perfect and not to age.

Joy Division wrote:..on this subject, and I don't want anyone to take this the wrong way but there is something about a male body that a woman just doesn't have.





















...a willy.  

David wrote:

Joy Division wrote:..on this subject, and I don't want anyone to take this the wrong way but there is something about a male body that a woman just doesn't have.



Fanks David!  




















...a willy.  

HAHAHAHA

 :asballsas?: 

Godisgoodallthetime wrote:

FluffyBunny wrote:

Do I look like a fat fifty year old to you   

I do trust what my partner thinks thankyou but I was discussing the pressure from the media on all women to look perfect and not to age.

having never seen you how would i know what you look like...

you certainly sounded like the description I gave...

FluffyBunny wrote:

Godisgoodallthetime wrote:

having never seen you how would i know what you look like...

you certainly sounded like the description I gave...

Would you not agree that men are allowed to be old and unattractive but women are supposed to chase an ideal of physical perfection from a very early age?(that they cannot attain)

It is all very well saying that you should not care what others think,but when you are dismissed and ridiculed for something you cannot help or change surely that is the ultimate tyranny.When people treat a woman as a sub human,a thing not a person,merely on the basis that she does not look the way she is expected to can you say this is the behavior of a civilised society?

Godisgoodallthetime wrote:

FluffyBunny wrote:

Would you not agree that men are allowed to be old and unattractive but women are supposed to chase an ideal of physical perfection from a very early age?(that they cannot attain)

It is all very well saying that you should not care what others think,but when you are dismissed and ridiculed for something you cannot help or change surely that is the ultimate tyranny.When people treat a woman as a sub human,a thing not a person,merely on the basis that she does not look the way she is expected to can you say this is the behavior of a civilised society?

the pressure is becoming the same for men but only if you are daft enough to fall for it..the saying "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" is a real truth, if you ask 1000 men who is the most beautiful woman ever you will get many answer for many reasons, the perfect body, shape, look does not exist but it is something the mags use to drive women to purchase their latest potion or product...

Love the skin you are in accept yourself for who and what you are, it's the only way..

No one can pressure you or mock you without your permission, don't fall for it...  

FluffyBunny wrote:

Godisgoodallthetime wrote:

the pressure is becoming the same for men but only if you are daft enough to fall for it..the saying "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" is a real truth, if you ask 1000 men who is the most beautiful woman ever you will get many answer for many reasons, the perfect body, shape, look does not exist but it is something the mags use to drive women to purchase their latest potion or product...

Love the skin you are in accept yourself for who and what you are, it's the only way..

No one can pressure you or mock you without your permission, don't fall for it...  

I understand what you're saying and to be honest alot of the pressure comes from other women,not men.Women can be scathing about the looks of other women when they should be supporting each other. The magazines pointing out flaws on women's bodies and all the constant scrutiny of a female's appearance is distressing and with all due respect to you sir it is no way anywhere near as bad for men,yet at least.

I'm 30 not 50 !! ::lightsab::  

Original Quill wrote:

FluffyBunny wrote:

I understand what you're saying and to be honest alot of the pressure comes from other women,not men.Women can be scathing about the looks of other women when they should be supporting each other. The magazines pointing out flaws on women's bodies and all the constant scrutiny of a female's appearance is distressing and with all due respect to you sir it is no way anywhere near as bad for men,yet at least.

I'm 30 not 50 !! ::lightsab::  

What do you think men have to put up with?  The other night on the Chelsea Lately show, she asked what is the worst flaw in a man.

The answer shouted out from the audience: TOO SMALL.    

Joy Division wrote:Absolutely girls...imo ..Victoria Beckham is a terrible role model for young girls, with a pathetic ' look at me attitude' , ridiculous and cringeworthy.

Sassy wrote:Well said young lady and don't forget the airbrushing.  When you think of the lengths that women will go to, to attain this mythical perception it is actually quite scarey.   Botox, plastic surgery that goes wrong, starving themselves, giving themselves cancer by lying under sunbeds, the list goes on.   It takes a strong woman in this day and age to say, this is me, if you don't like it, tough.   I think you might be one though