Some men don't mind, it's all a matter of what you're comfortable with. To each their own, doesn't make any difference to me what others get up to, or down on.
Other companies have used similar tactics as well. If they can't sell you their product in hopes of you aspiring to be something different than you are, then they'll sell on the angle where you "identify" with the image they present.
Another way is through your emotions, like GM did with their ad campaigns. Their trucks and cars weren't selling on quality, so they used patriotism and emotion to sell. Ads such as "Like A Rock", with Bob Seger's tune playing in the background, stirred the public and sold.
Anyway, the original idea of the thread was about "skinny" being popular, and what men want. I have to disagree, and thinking about the women my friends are married to, dating, or are attracted to, it's not true. Same for myself, and I don't need a company, no matter what they're selling, to tell me who I should be attracted to.
Hmmmm, I suppose that would be fitting, but can she play the violin? All I ever hear are banjos playing when I see or hear her name associated with anything.
I don't need statistics to tell me that I don't have a snowball's chance in hell of meeting a partner on a site like this. My own experiences have taught me that over the last few years.
Are there any stats for the number of people that you can take seriously?
I don't think the image of beauty is anything like you're describing, or that males are attracted to females that look like males. I see this thread to be a complaint that some people aren't finding what they're looking for, and seek to blame it on someone else. Many other threads of this nature have been done before, and I suspect this won't be the last one either.
This whole concept of an "ideal female" started with companies looking to sell beauty and health/fitness products. The advertising companies will use any tactic to sell, as that's what they do, and if it means destroying people's self image in the process, then so be it. Money is all that matters to them, and people are dumb enough to buy into it.
Keep on believing what Cosmo, Glamour, Good Housekeeping and other such magazines are telling you, and keep buying all those products.
Or you can learn to accept yourself for who you are, and what you're not, and quit blaming "society" for all your problems.
I don't know anyone that wants to date someone with a crappy attitude towards others, or themselves.
Spending time with someone is one of the best gifts in the world.
I admit to killing flowers, but haven't slayed any beasts for anyone. Not sure what the OP meant by that, or what that has to do with romance, sounds more like a political statement than anything.
I just pop in to see how the rest of the world is doing, not taking it very seriously as a place to meet anyone anymore. There aren't many willing, or able to travel to meet people from here, even if there was genuine interest.
If I could, I'd be outta here in an instant, and off to see a few people I've met from the site, but unfortunately, life gets in the way.
RE: couple looking for a woman
Some men don't mind, it's all a matter of what you're comfortable with. To each their own, doesn't make any difference to me what others get up to, or down on.