Do you think women are more attractive now or in the past?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:First of all, I appreciate the honesty in this politically incorrect thread

In some aspects, I think men and women are more attractive, or at least have the potential to be more attractive. Those who are not overweight and not plastic are more naturally attractive. I believe this because we are more diverse as a population with more interracial marriage and children. Look it up, it's biology. Genetic diversity means stronger, healthier, and more attractive populations.

However I do think non-mixed, white people have gotten less attractive. (I am white). Especially white Americans as opposed to Europeans. When I think of young white men, I think either overweight sloppy video gamers, or skinny soy boys. The white beefcake no longer exists and when he does, he's usually a douche bro and loses his body eventually to alcohol. That or he's gay. There are far more Black and Latino men with nice bodies than white men.
White American women tend to either fall into the dumb blonde stereotype or the tattooed, overweight Lena Dunham type woman.

The best thing we can do biologically for better attractiveness is to continue to welcome diversity, but not silo it off (don't just marry your own, race mixing is preferable) and to lose the damn weight. Stop spending your days under fluorescent lights in an office, chill out and lose the stress, eat real non-processed food, spend more time outdoors, and stop caking on chemical-laden makeup.

In the seventies and eighties all we saw on television and print were blonde, blue-eyed, small-breasted, mildly athletic (in a tennis-playing sort of way) women: Farrah Fawcett, Cheryl Tiegs, Christie Brinkley. Beauty is aspirational and now that there is some genetic diversity in media ( at least on Instagram), other girls see themselves reflected. Far easier for a curvy Latina, Middle-eastern Or Black girl to experiment with contour and approximate Kim Kardashian Or Beyoncé than become a thin blonde. We all know skinny blondes will never go out of style. White men just need to be high-earners to be attractive.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:women are more attractive now, I grew up in the 90s when grunge was in in compared to how women dress now, they show far more than they did back then

Haha, I was a teen and college student in the ineties and look at pictures and think, man I could have looked SO cute and instead I was wearing overalls and flannel shirts! But you k ow what? I’m kinda glad I grew up when that was the style. Took the pressure off. Now college aged girls seem to feel pressure to dress like skimpily clad models.

I loved the 90's. No social media, no internet dating, no constant need to look good for selfies or videos on social media, no fakeness on social media. Everyone was real and met in real life and everyone didn't suffer from back or neck problems or were as fat as they are now due to social media.

[Anonymous]

Long term use of sunscreen, better hair treatments including color, more strong/fit bodies, more flattering clothes worn by older women and frankly much better haircuts on them (like the Golden Girls - they weren't so old to justify those haircuts!). I'd definitely say women look better now.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The late 90s mini skirts with black tights and chunky shoes along with the earthtone make up was my favorite, pretty much Jennifer Aniston in friends what is the height of it for me.

Notice how nobody wanted to have a diaper butt and no women were booty building in the gym. Boob jobs were still in though but modesty was better. In a way everything was more innocent than now. Now butts boobs and nude bodies are shoved in our faces on every social media site.

Diaper butt? I must have missed that trend.

Oh, my, God Becky, look at her butt. It's so big. She looks like one of those rap guys' girlfriends.

Sir Mixalot would like a word.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The late 90s mini skirts with black tights and chunky shoes along with the earthtone make up was my favorite, pretty much Jennifer Aniston in friends what is the height of it for me.

Notice how nobody wanted to have a diaper butt and no women were booty building in the gym. Boob jobs were still in though but modesty was better. In a way everything was more innocent than now. Now butts boobs and nude bodies are shoved in our faces on every social media site.

Diaper butt? I must have missed that trend.

Oh, my, God Becky, look at her butt. It's so big. She looks like one of those rap guys' girlfriends.

Sir Mixalot would like a word.

Only if she’s 5’3”

[Anonymous]

There has always been altering of appearances (foot binding, etc) from the beginning of time in all cultures... but it is off the chain now with blow up lips, boobs and bums. Really disfigured.

Other than that, I think women have more access to STAY beautiful as they age so I guess more attractive now- as long as it looks natural.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:women are more attractive now, I grew up in the 90s when grunge was in in compared to how women dress now, they show far more than they did back then

Haha, I was a teen and college student in the ineties and look at pictures and think, man I could have looked SO cute and instead I was wearing overalls and flannel shirts! But you k ow what? I’m kinda glad I grew up when that was the style. Took the pressure off. Now college aged girls seem to feel pressure to dress like skimpily clad models.

I loved the 90's. No social media, no internet dating, no constant need to look good for selfies or videos on social media, no fakeness on social media. Everyone was real and met in real life and everyone didn't suffer from back or neck problems or were as fat as they are now due to social media.

Are you talking about 1890?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Women now are fatter and more likely to have hideous tats and piercings than in the past, and yet are somehow nevertheless more obnoxious and entitled.

+1

[Anonymous]

The obesity epidemic has certainly taken its toll. In the 90’s when I was in college it was rare to see a fat person. It felt like there was a much larger population that was dateable.

However, it seems like exercise and nutrition science have come along way and the knowledge is way more accessible to anyone who wants it. This seems to have made the fit much fitter. I love that strong and healthy have become the new sexy instead of just “skinny”.

[Anonymous]

I didn't read all 9 pages so maybe the answer is in there but I'm not sure how you would even honestly evaluate this question. Are you looking at pictures of women now vs many years ago? I think the dramatic difference in photo quality now vs. then is going to make women now look more attractive. Are you doing this from memory? 20 years ago when I was a teen I was interested in other teens, not people my current age who are old people. Now, of course, people my age are more attractive to me so there's really not an accurate comparison even if we give an extremely generous allowance that my memory accurately reflects what people looked like back then.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Women now are fatter and more likely to have hideous tats and piercings than in the past, and yet are somehow nevertheless more obnoxious and entitled.

I think you're talking more about younger women. Older women look so much better these days. A 50 year old today probably doesn't look like a 50 year old did in 1984.

Young people were MUCH better looking in the past. When you look at old pictures from the mid-20th century, it's striking how basically everyone is good-looking, fit, well-groomed, etc. Much of the change is the obesity, lack of fitness and sloppy dress standards, in general.

Older women can go either way. A minority of older women are great at keeping themselves fit and attractive -- which was uncommon years ago when most women universally assumed the matronly lunch lady look after a certain age. On the other hand, quite a few older women let themselves go and are a sloppy heffalump mess.

In fairness. most older men are a mess too, and are often delusional about their attractiveness. It's very common for clinically obese guys in their 50s to be sincerely convinced that college-aged women want to jump their bones.

Young men are soft and dress like overgrown children.


Until recently lots of ethnic groups and body types were mostly invisible in film, magazines, etc. So you have a methodological problem with looking at old pictures, and farther back only the wealthy could afford to be photographed.
Young American women are mostly fat and carry around toxic victim complexes that are constantly indulged by the media and cynical public figures.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The obesity epidemic has certainly taken its toll. In the 90’s when I was in college it was rare to see a fat person. It felt like there was a much larger population that was dateable.

However, it seems like exercise and nutrition science have come along way and the knowledge is way more accessible to anyone who wants it. This seems to have made the fit much fitter. I love that strong and healthy have become the new sexy instead of just “skinny”.

Really, this goes for men and women.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:God this thread is so f***ing depressing. Everyone hates women so much.

Yep. Every thread on dcum about women’s appearances is appalling.

well, this board/forum is dominated by women so you need to ask yourself, why are women doing this to themselves? there is no chance this thread was initiated by a man.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:God this thread is so f***ing depressing. Everyone hates women so much.

Yep. Every thread on dcum about women’s appearances is appalling.

well, this board/forum is dominated by women so you need to ask yourself, why are women doing this to themselves? there is no chance this thread was initiated by a man.

I’m a female and agree.

[Anonymous]

Yep.

I was a teenager in the 80s, and middle aged people now look so much younger than they did then.

Many fewer people smoke and over tan than they did then.