Post by Emperor AAdmin on Oct 5, 2010 14:24:05 GMT -5
There is no universal concept of beauty. In fact it seems to have drastic variations from one region to another. In Japan adolescent skinny school girl appears sexy, in Fiji and Mauritania fat is beautiful, in Greece and its vicinity curvy is beautiful, in northern Europe and its cultural offshoots (Australia, Canada, US) tall, curve less, slim and large bosom seems to be at least pushed as beautiful by media there.
Collection of Articles depicting what certain parts of the world view as sexy or 'beautiful'.
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MAURITANIA
www.nytimes.com/2007/07/04/world/africa/04mauritania.html
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Read more: www.digitaljournal.com/article/203817
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sacratomatovillepost.com/2010/07/16/in-mauritania-big-is-beautiful-and-stretch-marks-are-considered-sexy/
CHINA
www.censoredlingerie.com/question/20100223191306AAdLFSG.html
scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/05/a_podiatrists_nightmare.php
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_binding
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hubpages.com/hub/sexychina
(Note: Innocence (even small feet) here is reminiscent of popular fetish in Japan which is young school girls)
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JAPAN
www.snopes.com/risque/kinky/panties.asp
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PHILIPPINES
www.crunchyroll.com/forumtopic-386253/actresses-who-arent-stick-skinney?pg=9
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INDIA
austriantimes.at/news/Around_the_World/2010-10-05/27252/Games_spot%3A_C-EYE-D-newentry
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hubpages.com/hub/women_with_armpit_hair
GREECE (and the Mediterranean)
wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_do_men_like_big_butts_and_curvier_women
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Collection of Articles depicting what certain parts of the world view as sexy or 'beautiful'.
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MAURITANIA
But this is the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, the mirror opposite of the West on questions of women’s weight. To men here, fat is sexy. And in this patriarchal region, many Mauritanian women do everything possible — and have everything possible done to them — to put on pounds.
www.nytimes.com/2007/07/04/world/africa/04mauritania.html
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It's hard for us living in a society where the accent is almost too much on being slim, to understand why any culture would go so far in the opposite direction. But now, Mauritanian officials are finally looking at this from a health viewpoint, realizing that way too many Mauritanian women weigh between 220 - 300lbs and that just maybe, that's not such a good idea.
Read more: www.digitaljournal.com/article/203817
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The ultimate sign of beauty, however, is silvery stretch marks on the arms. “Parents will give me a bonus if*girl develops stretch marks.”
The ideal of Mauritanian beauty is like the West’s cult of super-thinness in reverse. Tradition holds that, among women, rolling layers of fat are the height of sexiness. The preference originated centuries ago among the Moors, a nomadic people of Arabic and Berber descent, who make up two thirds of Mauritania’s population of 3.2 million. To the ancient Moors, a fat wife was a symbol of a man’s wealth, proof he had the riches to feed her generously while others perished in the drought-prone terrain.
sacratomatovillepost.com/2010/07/16/in-mauritania-big-is-beautiful-and-stretch-marks-are-considered-sexy/
CHINA
I'm writing a paper on the perception of beauty to different cultures. For example, in Africa- fat is sexy. In China, small feet is beautiful (that is why many womens' feet are bound to restrict growth), etc. Guys, please state what you consider to be beautiful of a woman. Be specific- fat, short, thin, busty, small chested, etc! Also, please state your ethnicity--- instead of white, say "from Texas" or "from LA". Thanks, your answers are appreciated!!
www.censoredlingerie.com/question/20100223191306AAdLFSG.html
scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/05/a_podiatrists_nightmare.php
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_binding
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CHINESE WOMEN, WHEN THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL, HAVE THAT KIND OF SEX- APPEAL THAT ATTRACKS MEN SO MUCH .IT'S A MIXTURE OF INNOCENSE, MAGIC, SEX AND DARKNESS.
hubpages.com/hub/sexychina
(Note: Innocence (even small feet) here is reminiscent of popular fetish in Japan which is young school girls)
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JAPAN
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The Love Machine
Claim: Vending machines in Japan offer for sale panties purportedly worn by schoolgirls.
Status: True.
Origins: Used underwear that has supposedly been previously worn by schoolgirls is being offered for sale in vending machines in Japan. Though we don't know the current price for such items, in 1993 they sold for the equivalent of US $50 apiece.
Girlish youth and innocence are considered sexy in Japan, a culture with a long history of regarding women more as sex toys than as people. This obsession with untouched adolescence results in the sad sight of women in their thirties emitting girlish giggles and clutching teddy bears in an effort to maintain their appeal to the opposite sex. Although it can fairly be said Western society also prizes youth in a woman, there the fascination has to do more with the looks of*girl than it does with her immaturity and presumed sexual innocence. A pretty 26-year-old who would be considered lovely in the West would in Japan be viewed by many as hopelessly long in the tooth.
Western society looks for firm, youthful bodies housing the attitudes of grown women — we like them young, but we don't like them to act young. In the West, a teen's sex appeal is dependent upon her ability to look and act much older, thus the fascination with makeup and plunging necklines, accoutrements that make her appear less of a child and more of a woman. In Japan, this ideal is reversed — sexy in the Land of the Rising Sun adds up to childlike behavior and modes of dress that express this ideal. Sometimes this amounts to the adoption of clothing styles highly reminiscent of high school uniforms, but even when a girl dons an evening gown, she will strive to look like a kinderling caught parading in Mom's finery. Likewise, childish outbursts, pouting, and tantrums are viewed as charmingly erotic because such actions work to further the violated schoolgirl image.
www.snopes.com/risque/kinky/panties.asp
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PHILIPPINES
pepermint_jen19 wrote:
Actresses here in the Philippines are curvy, its what is considered sexy in here.I mean their not fat. Their body measurement is within normal. We dont allow skinny actresses here..if your skinny, there will be lots of news and contoversies that will criticize you being anorexic. Now you decide..arent they pretty with those curves?
www.crunchyroll.com/forumtopic-386253/actresses-who-arent-stick-skinney?pg=9
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INDIA
Games spot: C-EYE-D
A policeman guarding VIPS at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India, has been disciplined by bosses after he rode his bike into games officials as he ogled lycra-clad foreign athletes while on duty.
"Western and Indian standards of what is normal in what women wear is very different. Some of the outfits the female athletes wear seems outrageously sexy to Indian men," explained one official.
Austrian Times
austriantimes.at/news/Around_the_World/2010-10-05/27252/Games_spot%3A_C-EYE-D-newentry
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Ramesh Kumar 3 years ago
When I saw for the first time female underarm hair, it turned me on. Mind you it is difficult to see women that way often in India because they are always fully clotheed. I have grown to like the idea of hairy underarm of women so much that I never get tired of looking at hairy armpits of women, if I could manage a glimse. Women should not bother to always keep their underarms shaved and they should feel natural about body hair. It saves them a lot of bother and wins many men admirers too!
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samir frm india 3 years ago
hey i lik hairy underam , i tell to my gf tht nt to shave hr under arm bcz i lov to lick thm..........same for pubic hair.................bt i dont lik hair on arm nd.............legs its realy lookng disgusting....................
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shyam from india 3 years ago
i have seen 700 women's armpit hairs in various occasionsand armpit hairs of my own sister , i've seen many times. it really turns me on
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manik 2 years ago
i find women with bushy armpits more sexy,,
they r good in smelling also ,,
being in india its we always find sweaty armpits
with hair god its just out of the world
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k.c 20 months ago
very attactive 2 look a wooman with her natural & unsaved ARMPIT specially for INDIANS
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Shilpa 3 months ago
Um a pure Indian metro gal.I use to shave my pit hairs since long specially when i wear sleeveless tops.But once afftera winter I was reluctant to shave my pit. It was then quite bushy,still I wore those tops.To my surprise i noticed that men r more interested to see my bushy pit.I enjoyed being noticed by men whenever I lifted my arm.I got a fun in showing my pit hair.Now I stopped shaving them.But ofcourse I trim my pit once in a month.Guys do u really enjoy girl's bushy pit or shall i again start saving ? Post ur comment.I will post my bush but not my face.Ready?
hubpages.com/hub/women_with_armpit_hair
GREECE (and the Mediterranean)
I think it has to do with culture. If a person is of Northern European stock, that person will prefer a thin stick figure lady, or small boyish prepubescent look on a lady (why? I do not know). If the person is of the Hispanic, Mediterranean (Italian, Spanish, Greek, middle eastern, also African, African American stock they tend to have a preference for women with an hour glass big butt look. Asian men tend to prefer the little girl look. Just look at the art work and the artistic artifacts, particularly when the goddesses are depicted. I myself have a preference for a tall girl with an hour glass figure and a big butt. It is simply just a preference.
wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_do_men_like_big_butts_and_curvier_women
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Curves do not equal fat………so dont be offended if someone classifies you as curvy. Also, I thought it was Mediterranean women (Italian, Greek, French, etc) that were considered healthy yet curvy, since their diet is full of fruits, veggies, proteins and all of right kinds of fats (olive oil, avocados, nuts).
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