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I think they actually change faster than most would think. While that specific reason for preferring big guys is out-dated, more recently malnutrition and destitution have been a black mark on short people.

The reason I think societal trends move faster than we think is that I think it was only in the middle of the last century that we still preferred fatter bodies.




> we still preferred fatter bodies how widepsread? And how much of it was physical attraction vs social reasons attraction?




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