JickyJuly said:
I always thought "thick" was a comparison to a milkshake. More good stuff. More yummy. Is that not its slang origin? I like words that make bodies sound delicious.
That makes the word sound rather nicer! I'm glad it's meant as a compliment, I'm not sure I'll ever like the description but it's nice to know it's not meant in a horrible way! I think it must be an American thing.
As for words to describe women who are curvier... Well I guess it partly depends on how much bigger they are. For women my size who actually range in the healthy/normal weight range for real life women it's quite insulting to imply they're big/overweight/fat in any way. It's kind of on par to calling a very healthy looking, naturally slim girl anorexic. She's not anorexic because she doesn't have obvious curves, just like a girl with curves isn't overweight because she doesn't look like the smaller built girl.
We live in a society where slim girls are constantly idolised and anyone who is overweight is painted in a negative light. This means we're constantly brainwashed into hating the idea of people calling us fat. Because of this comments about weight really aren't necessary. Even if you love how a girl looks and she's totally confident with her body usually try and avoid words that might imply she's not super toned, even if meant as a compliment. I have heard models who are uber slim and have amazing bodies being upset because a member has said "I love your belly", which to them implies they have a belly as in overhang chub. Stomach is a much better word to use.
I hate members making the "real woman" comments. It actually makes me want to drill a rake into their face, however that would work. It's completely derogatory to imply that not having a curvy body stops someone from being a real woman. It'd be just like me saying to a large part of the male population that not having bulging muscles means they're not really a real man. If you're a man without bulging muscles who still feels like a man then you shouldn't try and act like women without large breasts are any less female because of their figure.
I have also had the same body I have now since I was 14/15 so there is nothing to do with age either, it's simply genetics.
I feel that some of these comments against skinny girls have gone to the extreme. Yes the media idolises very slim girls, yes most men go after very slim girls and yes lots of people make nasty comments towards women in particular who have extra weight on them. This does not mean people should somehow balance this by being nasty to skinny girls too.
It's the same ridiculousness as being racist towards white people because there has been racist abuse in the other direction, or feminist women being unnecessarily cruel and rude to men because women have been oppressed and still get sexist comments. At the end of the day sure these things happen and they should be addressed, but randomly attacking and degrading random passers by is only going to upset more people.
It's completely acceptable to say that you prefer curvier girls to less curvy girls, just like it's totally acceptable to say politely that you like any preference so long as you're saying it as a compliment to the person and not directly insulting anyone else in the process.