Bigger women - secretly liked

From my observations anyway I've noted that a fair majority of men, Irish men anyway, seem to prefer bigger women and boobs are a near obsession. When I say bigger I mean from 14-20 kinda range. Small framed women not so much and what we might see as "curvy" might be "fat" to say a Czech chap. As a very general rule anyway.

Alecto wrote:

But then why do we rarely see a fat person on tv or in films? Why are most people only considered attractive if they are thin? Different strokes for different folks for sure but it seems like as long as you're not fat.

The camera tends to add perceived weight and thin tends to wear clothes better on camera(or clothes are made with thinner people in mind). Plus media will tend to reflect more of the current cultural ideal than everyday life. I've read that one reason thinner people started to feature more on TV and in flims was when more nude and sex scenes came along and thinner bodies look better naked. Though I don't buy that as long before nude scenes were a regular thing in film actors of both sexes were still thin, though people were thinner on average in general anyway.

As for Marilyn Monroe, at her biggest she was more like a size 12, but more usually a size 8-10 and with a tiny waist. As well as getting heavier people's bodyshapes have changed too. We've got generally taller and broader and hourglass figures in women are a lower percentage in the population compared to 50 or a 100 years ago. We're also fatter at younger ages. Middle aged spread tends to happen before actual middle age. In the English speaking world moreso. EG in Spain and Italy women of 20 are smaller by a couple of sizes on average than Irish and British women, but by 40, all match up more.