Guys tend to date thinner women because they make better mates and seem fit enough to have healthy babies. Its not because they're purposely discriminating its just how things are. They are people who have a preference for larger women so not everyone has the same idea of "beauty".

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unic0rnbutt

Except, everything you’ve said is wrong, both empirically and logically (if you think about it for more than two seconds, that is).

The only ‘proof’ of the purported superiority of thin mates comes down to signaling: thin people (especially women) are considered higher-status, and status-focused people are happier when they perceive their status is higher. That means they’ll be happier with a mate that signals higher status for them, regardless of the brains/personality/character of the person they’re with.

So yeah, if you want to be in a relationship where you’re on the same level as an expensive car or Armani suit, cool. That’s your business. But it proves nothing more than status-seekers seek status symbols.

Also, given that the stereotypes about fat people are just that — stereotypes — there are no health/behavioral arguments about fat people as mates that stand up to any serious scrutiny. Additionally, that says nothing about the health/behavioral difficulties of a mate who makes it their life’s work to run after thin privilege.

Have you ever taken a minute to think about why things are the way they are, and why things need to remain the way they are? Though I don’t know you, let’s just assume you agree that social and technological progress are good things. You’ve got the freedom and means to submit ignorant questions on Tumblr, so you must be a fan of some forms of progress. How do you think social and technological progress happened?

I can give you a hint: no kind of progress happens when people say that irrationality or lack of innovation is “just how it is,” and there’s nothing they can do about it.

-ArteToLife