Voluptuous women rejoice

Remember the days when “heroin chic” was all the rage and if you weren’t a 90-pound waif you were considered gargantuan? Well, those days are steadily disappearing, and it couldn’t come a minute too soon for voluptuous women everywhere.

Embracing your curves is the new chic and, for women that don’t fall into the 5-7-9 category, it’s about time. For decades full-figured women have lamented about being born in the wrong time or era, but that’s all changing.

Drawing a line in the sand

The recent backlash from real women everywhere over what they deem unrealistic weight standards has prompted a series of changes in everything from runway and print models’ minimum weight requirements to the insane Photoshopping and/or airbrushing that goes on with magazine layouts.

Who can forget Oprah’s head on Ann Margaret’s body several years ago or, more recently, Christina Aguilera’s recent perfume ad? Even the extremely thin Kate Middleton, who is now the Duchess of Cambridge, saw her wedding day photos from her nuptials to Prince William severely altered to the point of making her look like a stick figure with a bobble head.

Celebrate

It’s time to celebrate. Besides more and more women accepting their body’s own “natural” weight (the weight our body tends to want to stay at without dieting or over eating coming into play), more and more men are stepping forward to unabashedly own their attraction to voluptuous women. This brings to mind the old saying, “The meat is for the man. The bone is for the dog.”

No matter the trends, it seems that men are hardwired toward women who appear to be built for birthing. These primal directives send signals to our brains telling us to go forth and pair in order to propagate.

Another factor playing a role in our attraction level to the opposite sex is environment. Men tend to favor body types that they were exposed to in their formative years such as their babysitter, the girl next door, and even their own mothers — who are often anything but slight.

Go forth and conquer

Armed with this insight, voluptuous women who are single are continuing to gain ground and confidence in the club and dating scene that was formerly presided over by the skinny-girls-only crowd.

Curvaceous beauties everywhere have discovered that being yourself and feeling comfortable in your own skin exudes self confidence, and confidence is sexy. It’s the secret weapon of most maddeningly attractive women, according to men. A woman can be deemed a relative peahen by commonly held beauty standards, but if she’s confident, most men will find her irresistibly sexy.

Coming full circle

Thankfully, there are all types of men out there looking for all types of women, and finding love today is just a mouse click away for men and women of all shapes and sizes, including voluptuous women. There are countless online dating sites these days catering to every taste imaginable, and men looking for voluptuous women are flocking to them like it was the 1800s when the Ruebenesque woman was the ideal of feminine beauty.

Trends have a way of coming full circle. Currently, with 66% of adult Americans deemed overweight or obese, these standards seem to be making a comeback. So remember, ladies, in the words of Queen, fat bottomed girls you make the rockin’ world go round!