[Propertarian]

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One need only look at the drastic change in standards of beauty. Just a few generations ago, full-figured women were the standard. The skinny waif supermodels we see today would have been considered sickly and bony. Today, they're the norm.

[/ QUOTE ] This has only flucuated in the media; not in mate preferences. Women think that men prefer women that are thinner than then men actually prefer. I assume the same was true years ago i.e. men didn't necessarily prefer full-figured over somewhat thin women...However, as food gets more abundant and health is better, it is less likely that a thin woman is ill/unhealthy, which could mean mate preferences have actually changed (ill/unhealthy people are less attractive, everything else equal).

What actually matters, world wide, in terms of female attractiveness (attractiveness as a mating partner), is not full-figured or skinny, but a good hip to waist ratio. A full figured or a skinny woman could have this.