I benefitted from your little excerpt. thank you.

But what do u have to say about shelly's little comment?
"The other side of the coin. White women are fed up with white men. White men are condescending , controlling and mean. Why do you think eating disorders are higher in white women. White men expect them to really look like Pamela Anderson . So white women are fed up with trying to be Barbie and turning to men who's going to love them they way they are. Which are our black men. "

That view of the white male is a little extreme for me, but you get the jist.. the overall expectations of europeans to have thin women (remember corsets? and kate moss?) And i do believe the love for big booty (which is now becoming more trendy) does stem from the black/hispanic cultures. I work for a jewish woman who asked me, "Does this outfit make my butt look big?" - as if it was a bad thing. I simply thought, "Why would anyone WANT a flat ass?" But that's the stereotypical white female question when it comes to fashion, *worried tone* "does this make my butt look big??" So, *I* think there IS a love of the black (and hispanic) female figure. They stereotypically have more fat deposits in the breasts & ass.