14 DAY TRIAL // Previous polls have revealed that most women have gone on a diet at least once in their life, while they spend plenty of their time thinking of food, either how to cut down on it or to eat healthier so that pounds don’t pile on again. A recent survey comes to show that, while this still holds true, ladies are no longer aspiring to be thin, but rather to get the much-coveted hourglass figure, the Daily Mail informs.
Women’s perspective on the “perfect female body” has changed considerably recently, because their bodies have also changed, clearly. Probably due to this fact, or perhaps because the emphasis in the media has switched from bones to curves, ladies no longer diet to be flat skin but rather to get the much-eluded and desirable hourglass silhouette, the Mail says, citing the findings of the latest poll conducted by Special K breakfast cereal brand.
The 2,000 British women queried by the company have answered bluntly that, while they mostly see themselves as apple-shaped with an undefined waist, they would literally die to get the hourglass figure, an overwhelming majority say. Thus, while only 15 percent of respondents consider themselves the perfect hourglass, one in three British women is actually dieting to attain this goal that implies, as it’s common knowledge, a larger bust, a well-defined waist and a round backside.
From this, the conclusion is that women are no longer obsessing on size – like they used to do, say, only a few years ago – but rather on shape. “The report shows that women’s attitudes to slimming over the last 50 years have changed with their figures. It seems British women have lost their waists but now they are demanding them back. They are more concerned about getting a curvy hourglass shape instead of being the perfect size 10.” a spokesperson for Cereal K tells the aforementioned publication.
Since the shift in terms of ideal body size and shape has changed, British stars like Katie Price (with a disproportionate chest and small body frame) and Cheryl Cole (frail and delicate, yet not quite stick thin) are no longer seen as role models in terms of body image. They have been replaced by the likes of actress Kate Winslet, Dame Helen Mirren and Dame Judi Dench, for being much better symbols of female elegance and, ultimately, beauty, the Mail says.