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| xayhoundb Senior Member 2721 Posts 11/08 |  Posted - Apr 2 2009 : 1:11PM[Link] |
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| BYOB_Kenobi Senior Member “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” - Kierkegaard 2684 Posts 8/09 | Posted - Oct 7 2009 : 12:05AM in.Disclaimer: 1). I am attracted and appreciate many different body-types in porn, including skinny chicks. 2). I don't advocate anorexia. First, rib cage exposure does not necessarily mean a girl is emaciated or anorexic. When discussing skinniness, there's always different degrees of skinniness and practical factors to consider. I don't think I am into the jailed-on-a-liquid-diet-look, but then again perception is an important consideration. Regarding perception, there have been many times I (and others in a group setting) have seen girls, where people have remarked that the girls in question were anorexic, yet I thought (and others agreed) many of these girls were skinny and definitely not to the anorexic degree. I think some in our society has been reflexively conditioned to label some girls, on the skinny side, as inappropriately anorexic. Doing this dilutes anorexia. I do have a problem with people who make general criticisms against the skinny look (I am not talking about emaciation) on health related grounds, yet neglect/ignore/not-argue-with-same-ardor against the overweight look applying similar logic. Also, the reality is there are some skinny girls (I say a lot) with common medical reasons, many beyond their control (not talking about emaciation). For example, hyperthyroidism is way more common among females than males and I have heard and read many that suggest hyperthyroidism is underestimated/underdiagnosed and a continuing unappreciated problem, especially in women's health. Personally, I have known (nevermind unknown) almost a dozen women who have/had some degree of hyperthyroidism. One in particular was a coworker who was often called anorexic, who saw a endoncrinologist routinely for medical treatment, had higher daily caloric intake (avg) than many male coworkers, and still had problems gaining weight. Did her hyperthyroidism put her at risk for other diseases? Yes. In an ideal world, should she weight more? Yes. However, the reality was she was often ridiculed as being anorexic and even deemed "unhot" by a couple of male coworkers. My question, does a mere medical condition condemn these women to be unsexy by some of those who practice the politically correct attitudes, even after evident 'standard of care'? Some excerpts from eMedicine hyperthyroidism primer related to epidemiology aspect
The 20-40yo female hyperthyroidic population is a subset of these skinny girls in question (large % in porn, regardless of how many say their 18  ). Therefore, I find people who make general proclamations condemning skinny girls as unsexy (without considering other contributing factors) at best unfair and at worst mean-spirited, even though it might be the PC/safe answer.BTW, I agree with others who think the BMI is a crock of shit. [Link] |
| BYOB_Kenobi Senior Member “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” - Kierkegaard 2684 Posts 8/09 | Posted - Oct 7 2009 : 12:21AM (Kimi)[Link] |
killbillvol69  All-Star Member ^Lucy Pinder 18634 Posts 4/08 | Posted - Oct 7 2009 : 2:39AM BMI is a tool, and like anything tool, it is only useful if one understands what to do with it. Yes, the BMI does indicate a particular range of height-to-weight ratio. But because it is so general, it of course has to work with the most general assumptions of human beings. It doesn't take into account things like thyroid issues as mentioned above, or "small-boned" or "big-boned" people (when we say that, we're actually referring to a small or big frame, not all the individual bones themselves, because everyone has different size bones depending on their own size). It does not take into account things like particularly large muscles. If you're a heavy weight trainer the BMI will attribute your larger weight measurement to be fat say that you are unhealthily overweight. It does not take into account all sorts of things. So is it bullshit? No. I don't believe it is. Here's what the BMI is for: it's a guide. It's something that gives you a direction to say "hey, of all things were equal and 'normal', then you should weigh somewhere in this range". Once we're aware of that range, we can then adjust it slightly (or quite a bit) for the individual person's situation, and see if we're still in range. Example: Consider a woman who is 5'5" and 110 lbs. If you think about what this woman would look like, she would likely look quite thin, though probably not unhealthy. The BMI for this woman would be 18.3, where anything under 18.5 is considered underweight. So by BMI standards, she is just a tiny bit underweight. Certainly not something to be alarmed about. And if we look at the average woman who is 5'5" and 110 lbs, we'd probably make the same conclusion: thin, but not dangerously so at all. Then, we have to consider things about this individual woman. Let's say for example that she takes pills for something or another that have as a side effect that they suppress her appetite. They make her eat somewhere around 90% of what she would eat otherwise. So, while there isn't a 1:1 correlation between what we eat and how much we weigh, there most certainly is a link between the two things. If she eats 90% of what she normally would, yet keeps the same lifestyle, she could easily expect to weigh 10-15 lbs less than she would otherwise. But remember that our body adjusts to our new diet, so in fact if she's been on these pills for a while, she will be just as healthy and capable as she was prior to the pills, though she weighs much less. So if we adjust her weight measurement for what she perhaps could have bee, let's say 122 lbs, then at 5'5" her BMI would be 20.3, which puts her well into the average/healthy range, which is 18.5-24.9. So in fact, the BMI did help us to determine that she's healthy, so long as we adjusted it as necessary. This is just one example. For other people there are other ways to adjust it, and for other reasons. But the point is that it is not useless and/or bullshit, it's just a tool that must be understood when being used, for it to have the intended effect. [Link] |
| BYOB_Kenobi Senior Member “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” - Kierkegaard 2684 Posts 8/09 | Posted - Oct 7 2009 : 3:11AM Thanks for the correction  Edited by - BYOB_Kenobi on 10/7/2009 3:12:38 AM [Link] |
| killbillvol69 All-Star Member ^Lucy Pinder 18634 Posts 4/08 | Posted - Oct 7 2009 : 3:30AM Fortunately though, there are non-bullshit ways to use it, as I discussed. [Link] |
| CharlotteVale Member where ultra-feminine meets ultra-anal ;) 78 Posts 7/08 | Posted - Oct 7 2009 : 4:24PM [Link] |
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| BYOB_Kenobi Senior Member “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” - Kierkegaard 2684 Posts 8/09 | Posted - Oct 8 2009 : 2:21AM Gotta call it as I see it!  [Link] |
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