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American Woman - 7/24/2006 6:27:23 AM

Iomega

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Hello everyone! It has just been determined that the "average" American woman is now 5'4...144lbs...and wears a size #14 dress...I would love to hear what people think about this. In an age where we elect stick figures as media icons and Marilyn Monroe would be considered "chubby" by todays standards...this new cultural construction of beauty and femininity represents only a small percentage of the population!!!

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RE: American Woman - 7/24/2006 6:37:44 AM

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Well I'm far from the average American woman then. I'm 5' 8" and 230 lbs, I wear a size 20. Frankly I think that height is off, most of the women that I know are at least 5' 6 and over.

Not to hijack your thread but I found this interesting tidbit regarding shoe size:

Not only are Americans getting fatter, we're getting bigger and taller, and our feet are keeping pace. Podiatric historian William Rossi says that this enlarging trend has been going on for about 150 years. At the beginning of the 20th century, the average American woman wore a 3.5 or a 4; by the 1940s she was strapping on a 5.5. According to The Professional Shoe Fitting Manual, the average American adult female's shoe size in the 1960s was a 5.5 or a 6; in the '70s, it climbed to about 7.5; and in the '80s, it reached 8 or 8.5. No stats have been added yet for the '90s, but you can do the math: By now, the average women's size could hover somewhere in the 9s. Besides, due to regular wear and tear, foot ligaments and joints stretch—which means that over the course of a lifetime, shoe size tends to increase by about one size. And this isn't just a feminine phenomenon; according to Army records, the average shoe size worn by male recruits has gone up from about a 6 to about a 9.5 since the American Revolution.

I wear a 9.5 wide myself

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RE: American Woman - 7/24/2006 6:39:24 AM

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ORIGINAL: Iomega

It has just been determined that the "average" American woman is now 5'4...144lbs...and wears a size #14 dress...

Determined by who?

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RE: American Woman - 7/25/2006 12:34:37 AM

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I am 5'7 and 150lbs (considered heavy by America's standard of "thin"). Though the fact is I am strong as hell and quite busty (all natural). It is My belief that as long as you are quick, strong, and healthy-then your weight and height ratios is of little issue.
I like My women to look the part, just as I like my men to conform to a certain degree of masculinity. The body of a young, pre-pubescent boy has little appeal in My ideals of sexuality.

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RE: American Woman - 7/25/2006 1:17:47 AM

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Last time I checked I was 5’7 and 210 lbs and in an argument with my doctor about healthy weight.

We must remember that mussel weighs more than fat, a point that is often overlooked. So would an “overweight” person like myself who has low body fat (besides in the bust area) still be considered unhealthy compared to a “healthy” person who has high body fat?

By the way, welcome.

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RE: American Woman - 8/22/2006 7:26:08 AM

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And that is the reason for so many having eating disorders.
Society deems what is the "norm"........but then, we are not really part of the "norm" ourselves, are we.................lol
I do however feel as though being obese is not healthy....then again you can be a "stick" and not be healthy either. So, i suppose that i really dont care what "they"say.

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