Beauty has in fact changed with time. However what humans consider beautiful is basically whatever is the hardest to attain at that very moment. However, the reason the fat lards of the past were considered attractive was because of the following:
Back in those days, food was scarce. Everyone was thin by default. Plump people were wealthy people and being plump meant you were well fed. Well fed people survived longer because of the obvious. A well fed woman could also bear children and survive childbirth.
However it should be noted that the ideal of those days especially Rubanesque women was this:
![[Image: DT11.jpg]](http://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ep/web-large/DT11.jpg)
She's not really fat. More plump and as you guessed it "well fed". Dare I say it, I would bang.
Compared to this
trigger warning!
![[Image: Fat-Woman-11.jpeg]](http://www.returnofkings.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Fat-Woman-11.jpeg)
Would never have flown or been painted. This isn't attractive.
Fun fact, if you type in "fat woman" and go to Google images, the first result is from RoK!
In short , a fat woman in a time of famine is impressive. A fat woman in a time of plenty is disgusting.
Back in those days, food was scarce. Everyone was thin by default. Plump people were wealthy people and being plump meant you were well fed. Well fed people survived longer because of the obvious. A well fed woman could also bear children and survive childbirth.
However it should be noted that the ideal of those days especially Rubanesque women was this:
She's not really fat. More plump and as you guessed it "well fed". Dare I say it, I would bang.
Compared to this
trigger warning!
Would never have flown or been painted. This isn't attractive.
Fun fact, if you type in "fat woman" and go to Google images, the first result is from RoK!
In short , a fat woman in a time of famine is impressive. A fat woman in a time of plenty is disgusting.