The Shape of Thighs to Come?!

So last night I read up on the Vanity Fair article titled The Shape of Thighs to Come. It was interesting to see the assumptions people made just from reading the title! When my roommate's boyfriend saw the article on my laptop, he gave me a look of "What the hell is this?" He then went on to a rant saying girls like myself and my roommate shouldn't be reading articles like that because then we would start to say things like "Ohh my thighs are huge.. Oh my godddd I'm so fat" etcetera. Little did he know, this article actually applied to him in more ways then he knew.

Since I can remember I’ve been attracted never been attracted to the “android-y aesthetic of the pumped-up he-man with washboard abs” kind of guys. I have always personally found them to be too much and in my experience, they’re either idiots or just jerks. I’ve been running track and field my whole life and being surrounded by guys that were lean and nicely cut most likely aided in my attraction to less-bulky guys. Further into the article, they started talking about how our new views of less-bulky men and women with slimmer frames were affecting cars. I myself am a big car fan and personally, I’m a big fan of the German cars such as BMW and Mercedes and I noticed, much like how I tend to like the slimmer looking cars. Surprise? Apparently not.

What I found surprising was that the author of the article thought that the “fad” of large derriere and larger-than-average breasts would eventually fade away. In the world of modelling this is clearly true but while viewing more current music videos on YouTube such as the video for Ayo Technology by 50 Cent (who is well-known for his bulky physique), I realised it was possible that this the large-derrières and large breasts “fad” may actually have been a fad. 50 Cent’s music videos are quite well-known and just like every other stereotypical rapper video, the women in his music videos are often scantily clad and there’s n emphasis on their large breasts and huge butts. But in the video for Ayo Technology, the emphasis is placed on the fact that the women are wearing practically nothing and if one listens to the lyrics carefully, Justin Timberlake states “I’m tired of using technology, why don’t you sit down on top of me”.

So maybe unconsciously, we really do follow the trends and they may actually have a huge impact on our lives. Who would think that liking bulky men would result in you yourself being fond of bulky-looking cars and SUVs?