Sunday, October 09, 2005

I Like Big Butts and I Cannot Lie!

After having enough people bring it up, I feel the strange urge to address an issue. Stop saying black men love fat chicks!

There is absolutely nothing wrong with large women. That’s not the problem. First, stereotypes are annoying, second, large women are people too, and I’m sure they’re not thrilled to only have people interested in them because of their weight.

When people say black women love fat women, they’re saying that black men have a fetish for large women. In wild speculation on my part, I’m willing to bet that the percentage of black men with a fetish for large women is no different than that of the general population. I have a few large female friends who are not black, and they have remarked that black men hit on them frequently. Apparently I’m to explain this phenomenon to them, so here goes: weight doesn’t matter as much to some people. Yes, you can be a large woman, and still be very attractive. Accept it. There are many cultures where weight does not matter as much. Oddly enough, these cultures have lower instances of eating disorders. Most people don’t think of weight as a being attractive in and of itself. Despite what the media says, men aren’t going “OMG, that girl is so hot! I bet she only weighs 50 lbs!” Weight is a multiplier of attractiveness, rather than something to be added to it.

Being a fetish object sucks. This is quite insulting to the person involved as he/she been reduced to one of the smallest possible components of him/her self. Even when asked to describe one’s self in purely physical terms, there are few people out there who say “I’m fat!” or “I’m Blonde!” or “I have big tits!” and leave it at that. There’s a whole package that needs to be appreciated. I’ve known a few chubby chasers, but it’s not enough that the woman in question has to be large, she also has to be beautiful in their eyes. Look at people on an individual basis.

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