WIRED crunched some numbers, namely the proportions of Playboy models from 1954 to the present day, and determined what we've noticed just through casual observation: earlier Playboy models had a bit more meat on their bones compared to the models of today, who are proportioned more like anime characters. This is in contrast to the average American man and woman, who is getting larger over time. But somehow, the breast sizes of models have mysteriously stayed in the C-D cup range, even though the bust sizes have gone down.
Surprisingly, while to us this study emphasises that women were beautiful back in the 50s and didn't have to mutate to their current unnatural format, the findings have proven rather controversial in the comments of the WIRED article...
LOL! Post a story like this trying to extrapolate that Playboy is sexist and has unrealistic ideals of womanhood, and a bunch of number-crunching nerds go, "wait, the ideal has remained remarkably consistent, modern women are just pigs"... I love it...
Why is this a problem? No, really? It's a mildly interesting fact, perhaps a good cocktail party starter, but . . . who cares? Women who constantly compare themselves to Playboy models (note "models", not "regular women") are like guys who constantly compare themselves to a sports figure or Donald Trump: woefully insecure. Fantasy is fantasy, not ideology, folks.
Playboy doesn't "want" its readers to lust after androids. Playboy simply provides images that guys want to see. If guys liked looking at pics of 200 pound women, that's what playboy would publish. The models are simply getting skinnier and in better shape because they workout, where as in the 60's women never did.
This article is just another in a long line of sad attempts by women to rationalize men's lust for skiny, big boobed hot chicks. Sorry ladies, its not the media or playboy's fault. Nobody has brainwashed us. Its just the way we are.
This response seems kind of grim for the future of women's morphing bodies, or at least the bodies of women who aspire to be in Playboy.
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