The skeletronic look on women: Sexy or not?

[UdoKier]

The skeletronic look on women: Sexy or not?

[LoZoccolo]

1. That's way worse than the other one. n/t

[UdoKier]

3. Yep. She looks about 5'8" and 85 lbs.

Scary.

[Spider Jerusalem]

2. That's not a woman.

That's a walking clothing rack.

[mark414]

4. what can i say i love skinny women

:shrug:

good thing i'm in college

[driver8]

39. Skinny women are one thing, but c'mon...

Some of these women look like they just got out of a concentration camp! Who told them looking like a skeleton was/is sexy??

C'mon ladies, grab a sandwich...

[mhr]

5. That's Just A Little To Thin

eom

[Abelman]

6. That's really gross

She's way way way too skinny. It kind of makes me ill to look. Especially for her height.

[hfojvt]

20. pardonne?

Some of us look that way naturally. Myself included, although as a male, my scrawniness has never been considered sexy, but I lifted weights and tried like hell to gain weight until my junior year of college.

[imenja]

55. women have these things they call breasts

and sometimes even a rear end. A stay in Auschwitz (or an eating disorder) will cure that, but otherwise we don't tend to look like adolescent boys.

[WoodrowFan]

71. mmmmmmmmmmmmm

BREASTS.

sorry, was distracted there for a minute.

[hfojvt]

73. according to my roommate from India

American women do not have breasts. I got a little huffy at that, in spite of the way American women have treated me. Then I began to notice that alot of women that I considered quite attractive were not, in fact, overly endowed with mammary glands. When I traveled through Deutschland in 2001 the women I saw seemed to be well-endowed to my American eye.
Both my little sister and my dad's aunt were skinny without either the need for Auschwitz or an eating disorder. Not every woman who looks that way is the result of a starvation diet. I think it is unfair to assume so and unfair to disparage her solely on the basis of the way she looks as if she necessarily has a moral defect or is a victim.

[imenja]

74. there are different body types

Thin women generally do not have large breasts, unless they are implants. Fuller figured women do have larger breasts. I expect your Indian friend was commenting on what he sees on television rather than in real life. Actresses are unusually thin and thus tend to be very small chested or have implants.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

7. Darling?

may I buy you a couple of pork chops? Please?

[CubsFan1982]

8. That's kinda what I envisioned Maris Crane to look like.

What fun is THAT?

[MercutioATC]

9. I do like slim women, but that's just extreme.

Thin, yes.

Skeletal, no.

[BiggJawn]

10. Only if you get a boner looking at pictures of Dachau survivors.

Didn't think anything one way or another until her knees downloaded....

Brrrrr!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

11. She reminds me of

[baldguy]

43. She reminds me of

[GoddessOfGuinness]

52. Oh come on...

Her antennae aren't nearly that long. ;-)

Once when we were camping in Shenandoah NP, our campsite was the convention hall for all horny stick bugs in a 40 mile radius...at least, that's the way it seemed at the time. It was amazing. I've never seen the spot so thick with them since then.

[lenidog]

12. Only if you think the Auschwitz look is hot would you find her

attractive.

[amazona]

13. to me it's attractive

However, I know it's an illness. The woman needs to protect her brain and her heart and eat a durn sandwich.

[Susang]

14. I think this post sucks

I was this skinny once. I am 5'7" and weighed 96 lbs naturally when I was this model's age. Instead of being judged for what kind of person I was, I was constantly accused by others of having an eating disorder, having to listen to random strangers tell me how disgusted they were with how skinny I was.

I'm not that skinny any more and I'm happy about it. However, I think it is just as sexist and wrong now to judge a woman based on how much they weigh, thin or heavy, as I did back then.

[Spider Jerusalem]

16. Asking whether or not she's attractive doesn't imply any judgement.

Other than of the aesthetic variety.

[Susang]

18. Yeah, right.

The word "skeletronic" is meant to be neutral, I suppose. I suppose next you're going to tell me that you didn't realize the term originated from Skeletor, of He-Man fame. Hardly non-judgemental.

[Spider Jerusalem]

19. Actually, I didn't.

Nor do I care, to be honest. Like I said, I see it as an aesthetic judgement. Not a condemnation.

[Susang]

21. Hmmmmm....

Try substituting behemoth and posting a picture of an extremely overweight woman and see how quickly the thread gets locked. The discussion on this thread is hardly of the aesthetic kind. Unless aesthetics now includes morality judgements and the diagnosis of various eating disorders.

[Spider Jerusalem]

22. Eh.

I haven't made any morality judgements, or any eating-disorder comments (I'm male, 6' tall, and weigh about 135, even though I actually eat and get the odd bit of exercise, so I don't assume that someone who's skinny has an eating disorder).

[Susang]

23. I beg to differ

You said she wasn't a woman, that she was a walking clothing rack. Hardly a treatise on aesthetics, now is it?

[Spider Jerusalem]

26. Whatever.

That's my aesthetic opinion. And I didn't say anything about eating disorders.

[UdoKier]

27. If people were making themselves morbidly obese on purpose...

...because it was trendy, I think that would be worthy of discussion.

But of course, that is not the case. The vast majority of morbidly obese are that way for any variety of emotional and/or physical problems. They don't try to be fat, and millions of teen girls aren't being encouraged by magazines to stuff themselves silly so they can be that way, too.


I understand your point, but I think you're being a bit draconian. Until beauty standards swing back a bit closer to the old Marilyn Monroe ideal, I see nothing wrong with pointing out the fact that most people find EMACIATED women unsexy. Healthy and skinny is another thing altogether.

[Susang]

29. But you don't know that she made herself that way on purpose

Now do you? You're just assuming that she did because she's a model. You cannot possibly have a clue from that picture whether that model is healthy or not, no matter how thin she appears in the ad.

I think you're the one who's being severe here. I'm not calling anyone *emaciated* based on an advert that was in all probability Scitexed.

Have you ever considered that perhaps women are so obsessed with their weight, because no matter what it is, it's never going to be the right weight for society? If you're heavy, you're too fat, if you're skinny, you have an eating disorder. The problem is the judgment of women based on weight and appearance, not their appearance itself. I would really hope people here would understand that a little bit better.

[UdoKier]

24. "Skeletronic" is meant simply to be funny.

And I'm talking more about emaciated waif-type models than naturally thin girls.

The girls in the pic is actually not as bad as many of them can get.

Callista Flockhart and Lara Flynn Boyle are hardly feminist role models with their emaciated frames.

And most of us would consider you lucky if you ate but couldn't put on weight. I wish I had that "problem".

BTW, I had never thought of "skeletor", I just thought it was a funny way to say "skeletal".

[knowbody0]

33. ditto that

"my god, you are thin" no one says "my god, you are fat" gets old

[SarahB]

44. I agree.

This isn't my body type (I'm a very curvy, medium type) who has never (and likely will never) be that thin (for me unless I was ill) and these threads always make me cringe. I don't like seeing women's bodies picked apart like this. :(

[imenja]

56. the problem as I see it is not the woman

Or any thin women. It's a society and a modeling industry in particular that tells women they need to be chronically underweight to be attractive. As human beings, we come in all shapes and sizes. But models often have to starve themselves and develop severe health problems because they are expected to maintain this kind of appearance.

I agree that a post asking people to judge women's bodies is inappropriate.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

64. I was 5'5" amd 100 lbs for years and got the same grief

I'm not thin anymore, but I agree with you about posts like these.

Would the OP put up a post of an equally thin man and feel free to pick him apart?

[R. A. Fuqua]

15. I like my women with a little bit of meat on them.

In my opinion, this poor girl looks sick. But, I also think that most models and actresses etc are FAR too thin.

I have nothing against skinny women--but I am most attracted to women who have some serious curvature for me to caress.

[SmileyBoy]

46. I like me a nice badonkadonk as well...

My anaconda can't get none if it don't got buns, hon...

[dhinojosa]

17. That's the reason we had the Schiavo case and why we have Ann Coulter.

why starve yourself?

[Runcible Spoon]

25. great. another thread picking apart a woman's body.

sleazy and tacky, whether the girl in question weighs 85 or 285 pounds.

[UdoKier]

28. I put in a thread about a guy's body too.

The point isn't to "pick anybody apart." I hope every person can be their own healthiest body weight, whether it's a bit plump or a bit thin is fine. But starving yourself to be like the waifs in magazines is sad and wrong. And I don't think it's sexist to say so.

I also think it's sad that all men are now expected to be buff beyond reason. Normal men with families and careers don't have time to spend that much time at the gym.

[Susang]

30. You didn't mention the other thread about women that you posted

Why is that? :shrug:

[UdoKier]

32. That was about six-packs - very unnatural on a woman...

...and not especially natural on a man, either. It's a matter of preference. Are you all offended over that one too?

[Susang]

35. Did I say I was offended?

You seem far more offended that someone finds fault with this post than I am about the content of it. To paraphrase your earlier post, I see nothing wrong with pointing out that most women find judgments based solely on physicality sexist and unsexy.

[UdoKier]

36. Wow. Now you get to speak for "most women".

Glad to know you've got your finger on the pulse...


But you're certainly entitled to your opinion.

[imenja]

57. here's one woman

who seconds her opinion

[Susang]

62. Many thanks.

:toast:

[MollyStark]

67. Thirds

[MollyStark]

65. ahem!

Skeletronic is an insult.
You didn't post a thread saying it's sad that women starve themselves. You posted a thread asking if Skeletronic women were attractive.
Do you think if you posted a thread asking if Fat women were attractive that no one would object?

[ffm172]

31. how in the world are normal sized women supposed to find clothes

that where designed for skeletons? How many skeletons are there compared to normal sized women?

[Left Is Write]

63. You know, I hate to add to a pile-on, but please.

Can we not refer to women as "skeletons"?

[solinvictus]

34. Too thin for my taste.

[Skittles]

37. here is another extreme

:o

[ffm172]

38. oh my god

that is not natural :puke:

[imenja]

58. that's what steroids are for.

[driver8]

40. When did male body builders start wearing dresses??

Also, I think this fella could use a haircut.

[Robeson]

41. Is that real??!!?....

...If it is, whats the point of looking like that?

[Skittles]

42. to wear lingerie?

BWAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA :o

[LynneSin]

45. Is that you Skittles? No wonder you can kick our asses!!

:eyes:

[rene moon]

47. This is rude

Not only is it annoying to see a woman's weight picked on AGAIN on DU, some of us here are "skeletronic", as it were.

I am almost "5'8" and weight about 110. I am very thin and healthy and my husband enjoys my body.

Thank alot (NOT)

[Mutley]

48. my thigh is probably bigger than her waist!

UGH how gross

[liontamer]

49. different people find different things attractive

the end

[Richardo]

50. Is there even room for any internal organs there?

:scared:

[Worst Username Ever]

51. Sexy.

I think all women are sexy.

[skypilot]

53. Might be moderately sexy if...

...she had some damned HIPS. Skinny models are one thing. They've been around for quite some time; but I really don't understand the appeal of a model with no hips whatsoever.

[meow2u3]

54. EAT SOMETHING!

[Nikia]

59. It makes me relieved to see people thinner than me

I am 5'5'' and 110 lbs because of digestive problems. I usually want to eat more but I feel ill. I am finally getting the doctor to take me seriously on this issue (the whole losing weight and not getting enough food in). It does hurt when people comment about me being too thin. Last year around this time, I weighed around 135 lbs wanting to be 5-10 pounds thinner but being generally alright with my body. Being 110 lbs is not how I think that I should look, especially since I am a bit unproportioned, being very bony in some places. On the otherhand, it is evident that a lot of people find my new look more attractive, which really messes with my head.
I don't where really thin women find clothes. I bought a wear of size two jean shorts, which were not tight, and they didn't carry a smaller size in that style. That's why I think that it is odd that extremely thin women are models. Are they wearing normal sizes?
Anyway, I am relieved when I see people thinner than me because it makes me feel that I'll be alright healthwise at my size as long as I don't lose too much more weight.

[Left Is Write]

66. Finding clothes -

I have no trouble finding clothes. I buy size 1 at the Gap and Old Navy, size 2 at Abercrombie (runs smaller than Gap or Old Navy), and size 0 at Express. All of these stores, and others, carry XS too. For dressier clothes, Ann Taylor carries size 0.

[Nikia]

68. I usually go to department stores

I'll try these other stores if I lose any more weight.

[jukes]

60. depends

fiona apple=HOTTT!

ann coulter= not w/ a borrowed!





ON EDIT: i think i've advanced the argument that superficiality in declaring attractiveness is not PC, if even liberal. a booring person is booring, even if they're gorgeous.

[El Fuego]

61. Real women have curves!

That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

[Speck Tater]

69. That scarecrow needs more straw. (nt)

[WoodrowFan]

70. gross

real women have curves.

[HEyHEY]

72. ew ew ew