Well that was a bizarre thing to read up about. If the description is correct it sounds less a "rape of" the women and more a forced removal of the Sabine men so the Roman soldiers could negotiate with the women without interference. Very odd all around.
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Either way, an interesting read, but I couldn't find the version depicting the event immediately. While looking for it I did stumble across the Real painting and it turns out that it's not actually the Sabine women at all, it's "the rape of the daughters of leucippus", so you pointed me in the right direction either way haha
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rape_of_the_Daughters_of_Leucippus
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That said, given the vast amounts of rape on horseback going on I'd still say this century seems best avoided
And now being super skinny is seen as attractive as it means you can afford to eat well/work out. The truth is that how much weight one is is not a very good indicator of wealth.
A female waist-to-hip ratio of 0.7 somehow strikes humans as ideal. In paintings where bigger gals are portrayed, they are almost always magically right at 0.7.
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Having a little extra weight isn't bad. It doesn't mess with that ratio. Too much extra weight will do it, though. Likewise being a little too skinny isn't bad, but being way too skinny is unappealing for the same reason: the 0.7 ratio goes away.
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I was talking with one of my employees about this. She's a smart, beautiful, hilarious, poised, 195cm tall girl who can sing and who plays a half a dozen instruments.
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After we talked, she disappeared for a minute. When she came back, she was all sad and annoyed. Apparently she found a measuring tape and calculated her waist-to-hip radio as 0.71. She decided that meant she wasn't attractive to anyone, lol. It's not that exact. It's just a general guideline.
I thought they went for the 90-60-90 nowadays which is absolutely way out of reach for someone who got zero interest in the gym like me.
So I say fuck the 0.7 and the 90-60-90 expectations! Just be good to your body!
If anyone is confused by the 90-60-90 beauty standard Ross is mentioning, it's that the so-called "Perfect Woman" is exactly: 90cm tall, 60 years old, and 90kg.
It all depends on the woman. Some women look great super skinny, some women look great with an hour-glass figure, some women look great with a few extra pounds, beauty isn't one size fits all
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Either way, an interesting read, but I couldn't find the version depicting the event immediately. While looking for it I did stumble across the Real painting and it turns out that it's not actually the Sabine women at all, it's "the rape of the daughters of leucippus", so you pointed me in the right direction either way haha
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rape_of_the_Daughters_of_Leucippus
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That said, given the vast amounts of rape on horseback going on I'd still say this century seems best avoided
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Having a little extra weight isn't bad. It doesn't mess with that ratio. Too much extra weight will do it, though. Likewise being a little too skinny isn't bad, but being way too skinny is unappealing for the same reason: the 0.7 ratio goes away.
,
I was talking with one of my employees about this. She's a smart, beautiful, hilarious, poised, 195cm tall girl who can sing and who plays a half a dozen instruments.
,
After we talked, she disappeared for a minute. When she came back, she was all sad and annoyed. Apparently she found a measuring tape and calculated her waist-to-hip radio as 0.71. She decided that meant she wasn't attractive to anyone, lol. It's not that exact. It's just a general guideline.
So I say fuck the 0.7 and the 90-60-90 expectations! Just be good to your body!