“Women have a wonderful instinct about
things. They can discover everything except the obvious.” Oscar Wilde
What dress size does a British woman have to be to feel
happy? The pursuit of looking completely gorgeous, toned and fit, in fact drop
dead gorgeous through diet, exercise and all the rest of it is consistently
pushed... and as a nation we are more body conscious than ever before... so
what is the magic number that makes a woman comfortable within her own skin.
Prepare to be surprised...
In a poll of 3,000 women, it was the ones who were a size 14 who rated their
general happiness higher than any other female shape. In addition a quarter of them said
they were totally satsified with their appearance. Almost half said they were completely happy with
their career, while a third rated their love lives as the best possible.
Oh and before you think those women are deluded, the guys
kind of agreed.
In the New Scientist research, the men were asked to rate
the attractiveness of 200 drawings of female torsos of different sizes. The
researchers then compared the favourite torsos with the vital statistics of
eight groups of women, ranging from Playboy centrefolds and models to normal
women. What the researchers discovered was that the woman that most closely
matched the men's ideal female shape was a British size 14.
Despite magazine covers and movie sex scenes
bombarding the bemused male brain with images of skinny women, real men will
still pick out the shape of a curvaceous woman every time.... just how nature
intended. Actually I guffawed when I read the comment from one of the guys in
the survey:
'Give me a
curvy girl any day... sashaying around with full boobs and generous
hips!.. it just says confident, together and incredibly sexy...every time. I
see a skinny girl and I think Oh-oh... There goes Miss Neurotic, no-fun, picks
at a salad instead of enjoying a good night out, probably holds her tummy in
while having sex and worries about cellulite instead of admiring me.'
Is that right? Do women who aren’t a curvy size 14 let
their body issues get so much in the way that they project the feeling that they
are trapped in a cycle of self-loathing and crash dieting?
Well maybe not all. Close sisters to the bodylicious size
14’s, according to the research, were size 12 women, with almost three quarters
saying they were okay with their packaging and had good relationships with home and work. Size eights came third in the happiness poll, closely
followed by those who wear a size 16 - the average dress size for British
women.
Trailing way behind the average woman was the size most
diets aim for -a slender size 10s. Rather telling that the women who were the
size most diet/fitness regimes tell you should be came out FIFTH in the poll
of happiness. Mind you, drop down to a tiny dress size 6 and you drop of the
happiness poll and turn up as number four on the unhappiest poll despite being
the same dress size as Victoria Beckham!
But if it’s misery you want to connect to body size check
out the results for the women who wear a size 24 or above. Some 18 per cent of
this group said they were extremely unhappy with their lives. Only 4 per cent
were happy with their work while more than one in ten admitted they were
extremely unhappy in their love lives. As for the other larger sizes the dress
size 20 group came in second in the list of the unhappiest women followed by
those who wear a size 22.
So what the hell is a British size 14? Currently this
means that your bust is full and can be anything from a 32DD to a 38B, your
waist is indented and is anything up to 7 inches smaller that your hips or
bust, and your hips/bootie will also be full which will duplicate the bust
measurement if not go up to two inches more.
These are the happiest women, and the most desirable to
men.... according to research.
I'm sorry to say this is where the great news from those the scientists run up against something that defies rational explanation: that is, women's capacity to be harshly critical of our bodies, even when there isn't a damn thing wrong with them.
According to a recent survey, only a miniscule 6% of
women have never dieted. Your bog standard everyday British woman would
have been on an average of 38 diets before she’s in her 31st year!
Oh... and one in three of all women began dieting before she even became a woman!
Most long before they even turned 14. Most depressing of all, yet another study
found that 47 per cent of girls aged between five and seven want to be slimmer
than they are. Seems the scientists are not the only ones that should have
white coats. That is bloody MADNESS!
But it is what it is.
The role of JaxWorld is simply to observe and rant.
Better writers than I have tried to persuade women that the truth is out
there... just see the quote at the start of this blog from Oscar Wilde.
However... I will close on a statement from a male of my
acquaintance:
“I’m just a
bloke, I don’t know what dress size is which, but I do know like curves on a
woman... I mean...if I wanted a woman with the body of a boy..I’d just date
boys”.
But like he says...what does he know... he’s just a bloke!
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