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Boy I'm getting sick of this. First of all, I'm a middle class white dude, so we get all the identity politics and gender issues out of the way.
Secondly, Ladies, men really don't like anorexics. Not white men, not black men, not asian men, not hispanic men. We don't. You look in your ladies magazines and you see concentration camp victims and you assume that's what straight men want. We don't. Straight men have almost no influence over the images that appear in women's magazines. That women-lothing job is done by women and gay men.
Straight men like women who look healthy, and have a big ass and tits. Doubt me? Look at porn, a body-centric media that straight men do influence. Look at Carmella Bing or Michelle B or Gianna Michaels. These are not thin women. They're fit, but they're not starving themselves. They also represent an ideal that appeals to a lot of straight guys. So does Buffie the Body.
