Why is "having a booty" suddenly in style?

[chicky74]

I'm pretty sure that "having a big booty" was nothing special a decade ago. Now, it seems everyone wants a big butt. Do female body parts really go in and out of fashion? Why does this happen? Do these cultural body part obsessions bother anyone else?

[sy2502]

I'm pretty sure that "having a big booty" was nothing special a decade ago. Now, it seems everyone wants a big butt. Do female body parts really go in and out of fashion? Why does this happen? Do these cultural body part obsessions bother anyone else?

Blame Kim Kardashian and Beyonce.

[kimm4]

I don't know, but if small natural boobs ever come into fashion I'll be all set.

[RubySavage]

I don't know, but if small natural boobs ever come into fashion I'll be all set.

itty bitty titties unite!

[Euclidus]

I'm pretty happy with the big booty craze as well because that is definitely where I've been genetically endowed, hah. The only body part fads that really irk me are the unhealthy ones like girls being obsessed with having a thigh gap. What I REALLY hate, though, is the body shaming stuff that happens. It makes me cringe when I see one of those pictures on pinterest or tumblr of a bigger chick with a quote like "only dogs like bones, real men want curves." Ugh. If your size works for you and you're happy with it, great, but don't hate on the women who don't fit into your idea of what a "real" woman should look like!

[shesprints]

Seriously, where was this big butt trend when I was a teenager and needed the ego boost? Sicilian genetics meant I had sprinter glutes back before that was considered good for anything but, well, sprinting...

ETA: Those 80s bodies look pretty good to me, IDK.

I think a variety of physiques are great-looking. I don't know why we culturally cycle through preferring just one, since men and queer women have and always will have a variety of tastes. Heck, even artists--as an artist I appreciate variety, so boring to do one type of figure drawing.

[MadCatLady]

I'm pretty happy with the big booty craze as well because that is definitely where I've been genetically endowed, hah. The only body part fads that really irk me are the unhealthy ones like girls being obsessed with having a thigh gap. !

I have a thigh gap.... If I stand with my feet more than 18 inches apart.

Seriously though, I like the big booty craze. At last my arse is in fashion.

[kimm4]

ETA: Those 80s bodies look pretty good to me, IDK.

I liked the 80's bodies too. The bathing suit styles back in the 80's didn't do the body justice.

[illiniStrive]

The fitness community always has a body part in vogue. In the early 2000s it was rockhard abs. Right now it's a squat booty.

Fwiw, this is mostly a white thing. Shapely rears have always been instyle for black folks

Blame Kim Kardashian and Beyonce.

Beyonce's ass is actually pretty proportional. She just has an exaggerated hourglass figure.


I blame Jen Selter.

Seriously though, I like the big booty craze. At last my arse is in fashion.

Ditto

[mtnliones5]

The hourglass shape has historically been the "ideal", just like the "V-taper" for men. Things got skewed in the 80's due to the skinny fashion model craze IMO. Things do go in cycles of course, just like the flapper craze in the 20's, followed by the pin-up of the 40's/50's

I thought the 90's were the days of skinny fashion models when Kate Moss became popular. Also that's when the small butt and huge boobs were popular.

[mtnliones5]

Well I'm kinda glad big butts are in because that's what I have. I don't have boobs and when I lose weight the butt is last to go so unless I get really really lean I will always have a little extra in my trunk going on. But I don't think there's anything wrong with NOT having a big butt either.

The 80s bodies are ok but the swimsuits were cut incredibly high in the legs and that look is unflattering to 95% of women imo.

[sy2502]

I am not a fan of big butts, never have been. My sister has a what in Italy we call a "Brazilian butt" and she always had trouble with clothes that didn't fit right: if they fit the waist they didn't fit the butt, and vice versa. I like perky but small. Sometimes when I look at competition pictures, there are some ladies that have bulbous butts, they look more like tumors than butts, yuck, makes me shudder.
Both Nicole Wilkins and Erin Stern have small perky butts, btw, and they are the top Figure ladies. Everything in proportion is always better.

[chicky74]

Interesting! Quite a range of opinions. I guess it's not so much a "big booty" being in fashion that bothers me but rather that we let the cultural fads dictate what we think is beautiful. It makes me wonder if I think a particular body type is beautiful, or if my culture just manipulated me into thinking a particular body type is beautiful. There is no way to know!

[Paintballchick]

Glad as well that its all about the butt! Itty Bitty Titty member checking in, do plan on getting them enhanced but that may be a while yet

[dosneufer]

I guess it's influenced by internet. Decade ago, we barely have social media, now the social media is very influence. All kinds of pictures, videos are much more easier to circulate worldwide. That including porn is more easier to spread.
So as a result for both men and women influenced each other easily by sexual image. And this trend is worldwide.

[illiniStrive]

I am not a fan of big butts, never have been. My sister has a what in Italy we call a "Brazilian butt" and she always had trouble with clothes that didn't fit right: if they fit the waist they didn't fit the butt, and vice versa.

Story of my life! 10 in difference between waist and hips, shopping for bottoms is an adventure all it's own.

Hourglass may be ideal, but not if you gotta shop for one.

[sy2502]

Story of my life! 10 in difference between waist and hips, shopping for bottoms is an adventure all it's own.

Hourglass may be ideal, but not if you gotta shop for one.

Yeah, and for her for some reason, all the pants she tried on would end up in her butt crack so she looked like she had a permanent wedgie. Not nice.

[IrishLassie78]

Story of my life! 10 in difference between waist and hips, shopping for bottoms is an adventure all it's own.

Hourglass may be ideal, but not if you gotta shop for one.

Yep. Me too. Just one of the many reasons I hate shopping. If I had the monetary capital, I'd start a women's clothing company where you could buy pants made with your specific waist, hip, and thigh measurement so everything would fit where it's supposed to. This concept should be applied to button down shirts as well. If they fit right across my shoulders and the arms are long enough, they're HYOOOGE everywhere else. And my shoulders aren't big. At all. They're tiny, I think. I will admit that I do have freakishly long arms though.

[IrishLassie78]

I'm personally not at all unhappy about the booty phenomenon as I have always had some junk in ma trunk, but I do find it interesting how the "ideal" for attractiveness changes over time. I have to say I would rather have a somewhat large azz (not Iggy Azalea proportion though for sure... that's ludicrous and can't possibly be real) and no boobs than have ginormous boobs and no ass a'tall. I came to this realization when I was leaving the gym the other day and the girl walking in front of me had ridiculously large boobs, a perfectly flat azz, and the skinniest legs I've ever seen on an adult. She looked like a frog in skinny jeans. I'll keep my small boobs and keep working on my squats to lift my butt back up off my thighs where it used to be.

[chicky74]

Yep. Me too. Just one of the many reasons I hate shopping. If I had the monetary capital, I'd start a women's clothing company where you could buy pants made with your specific waist, hip, and thigh measurement so everything would fit where it's supposed to. This concept should be applied to button down shirts as well. If they fit right across my shoulders and the arms are long enough, they're HYOOOGE everywhere else. And my shoulders aren't big. At all. They're tiny, I think. I will admit that I do have freakishly long arms though.

This is kind of like what you describe: http://3dprinting.com/news/3d-printe...print-clothes/

[Wyomann]

From a male's perspective women having a booty is always in style. Waist to hip ratio is a major part of physical attraction regardless of the overall size of the waist or hips. Throughout history this has been true, aka corsets and such. Larger hips typically implies larger booty.

[IrishLassie78]

This is kind of like what you describe: http://3dprinting.com/news/3d-printe...print-clothes/

That's pretty freakin' cool. Was thinking more along the line of custom tailoring but reasonably priced, but this is seriously awesome. And a little scary.

[HeroesFall]

I think a lot of it has to do with what famous people want to push as a new look. Then it hits the media, people see it gets attention / sells and that causes them to push it more. Before you know it... new fad.


From my perspective, breast size isn't a huge deal. Perky is great, and that comes from taking good care of your skin and exercise (yes genetics and youth). A nice, shapely butt is of higher importance than it being huge. I've liked butts since I first started checking out girls long, long ago. This was before the "ass" craze. Some of us just like women with nice legs / butt. Some guys like boobs, some like butts - or should I say its their weakness, all guys like both! I personally just like the shape, the look in jeans, and having something to hold onto or grasp easily without getting "caught" in public. Easier to sneak something when its behind you than in front walking towards people.


Overall though, a woman's sexiness has much less to do with her physical form and more how she perceives herself. Its attitude, personality, actions, body language, etc. I've met incredibly sexy women that were A cups and had a small butt. So don't lose heart. On a positive - at least something like having a butt is achieveable for anyone willing to work for it. Having big boobs isn't the same unless you want to pay for them. And I have a far greater respect and attraction for something earned over purchased. Do you, and don't worry about society, there will definitely be guys out there 'mirin. And imo, Kim K looks stupid, as does Nikki Minaj with their butt-plants or extreme fat stores in their gluteal region.

[Squatticus]

I blame black people and rap music. THANKS OBAMA!

[MeFromG]

I'm pretty sure that "having a big booty" was nothing special a decade ago. Now, it seems everyone wants a big butt. Do female body parts really go in and out of fashion? Why does this happen? Do these cultural body part obsessions bother anyone else?

Yes they are annoying - like all the other trends have been throughout time.

Personally I just want a firm, tight, well-shaped booty - I've always liked mine little, sporty and firm , exactly like it is.

[cdhussey]

I'm just happy athletic is in style. Of course, in the end it doesn't matter because I have the body I have, but it's still nice to see all these sexy, muscular bodies praised.

[mtnliones5]

I think there's a huge difference between having a huge, saggy, sloppy, dimply butt and having a huge round, tight squat booty. Big is not necessarily nice! As long as it's in shape and not looking like it's melting down the back of your legs.

I think the next new thing should be to just be healthy no matter what you have or don't have.

[Wyomann]

I blame black people and rap music. THANKS OBAMA!

Just black people, THANKS SQUATTICUS

[Squatticus]

Just black people, THANKS SQUATTICUS

[3StripesLaced]

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