Comments on: Don’t hang up that mating towel yet, girls!

By: Isa

Isa — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:59:13 +0000

Wow, that is a highly offensive towel. Where on earth did it come from? I’m kind of fascinated.

By: Taybeh Chaser

Taybeh Chaser — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:55:10 +0000

I got my shape early and was made fun of mercilessly when I was in middle school for having a big ass in proportion to the rest of my body. On the other hand, 15 or so years of experience later it’s apparent that this is one of the things a decent number of men like, for whatever reason. I’ve had mixed feelings about it for awhile, and I feel self-conscious in certain clothes–much the way many large-breasted women feel, I imagine. When I was younger, this kind of article would, sad to say, probably have made me feel better. These days I’m just as sick as many of you are of all the scrutiny of our bodies, their shapes, sizes, and proportions. We don’t subject men to the same public scrutiny, and we certainly don’t toss away good research money on it, though I’m sure those of us who prefer men have our–well–preferences, in terms of weight, height, shoulder width, bone structure, nose shape, or whatever. Who knows, maybe there are women out there who cheat because their guys’ clavicles aren’t pretty enough?

By: bluebears

bluebears — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:38:52 +0000

OHHHHHH!!! Thanks becky.

By: BeckySharper

BeckySharper — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:36:24 +0000

Well done! The thought of Sir-Mix-a-Lot drunk on all those gyrating asses IS a lot less icky than him being all…sprung.

By: SarahMC

SarahMC — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:12:33 +0000

Becky, I know! I changed it to fit with this important news item.

By: BeckySharper

BeckySharper — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:01:14 +0000

@bluebears & SarahMC: I hate to break it to y’all, but the lyric is “I get SPRUNG”. (I…uh…may have watched that video like 1,000 times too many in high school). Mondegreens FTW!

By: bluebears

bluebears — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:56:47 +0000

“When a girl walks by with an itty bitty waist and a round thing in your face you get DRUNK.”

@sarahmc: dude. I always thought the lyric was CRUNK but DRUNK makes much more sense. thank you. /friday fun thread call back.

Also, my “mating towel” is pink! cause I’m a girl, yo. Ladees love pink.

By: bellacoker

bellacoker — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:13:03 +0000

It might also be like that experiment where they dimmed the lights in the factory and the workers worked better, then they raised the lights and the workers worked better. What the workers were reacting too was management paying attention to their working conditions, not the specific changes being made.

If that makes sense.

By: baraqiel

baraqiel — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:00:39 +0000

I just don’t understand why this guy expects anyone to care. I mean, it doesn’t surprise me at all that men prefer bodies that have been modified to be more in accordance with the standards they’ve been taught — but clearly people who don’t fit the standards exactly are still getting laid. I’m all for critiquing the beauty myth but personally the paper’s apparent message (“14 random Georgian dudes think Ms. New Booty is legit dating advice!”) has…basically 0 application to my life.

The part that really boggles my mind is the bit where the researcher is proposing that men can’t get hard and cheat on women because the women aren’t hot enough. That’s just insulting to everyone.

By: BeckySharper

BeckySharper — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:45:55 +0000

@Avogadro: Maybe the mating towel is a cloth you use to wipe up a little if you’re too lazy to get out of bed after mating.

I have a box of tissues next to my bed for that. But I should probably switch to a towel–it would be more environmentally friendly, and easier to hang up when my lovers realize my ass is not “optimally designed.”