Talk:Body shape

Somatotypes are pseudo-science

Please remove "Types of Bodies" section...

Somatotypes has some references, along with Somatotype and constitutional psychology, that state that modern science rejects these categories as quackery.

68.54.162.15 (talk) 15:33, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

Comments

I removed the line saying females can't develop well defined muscles as it is complete nonsense. The person who wrote is probably never visited a gym or saw female athletes on TV. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.80.248.126 (talk) 23:17, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

This article sounds like an excerpt from a talk show. I edited the section on shape of female breasts - gravity and clothes do not determine the shape of breasts. It depends on age, gernes, body weight etc. I removed the phrase "improve breast side", as it suggests there is a "good" size to which females should strive. Beseides, physical excercise can affect breast size - by losing weight. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.80.248.126 (talk) 23:26, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

I altered the line about clothes 'forcing the body into shapes that defy gravity' because it was hilariously wrong. If they defied gravity, they'd be impossible. I am tempted to also change the line following it that high-heeled shoes alter bodily proportions, but I am uncertain about its intention. Is it referring to altered gait, muscular changes due to altered gait, or changes forced upon the foot due to constriction over time? Whatever the case, it could be clearer. --Saerain (talk) 22:59, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

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Body shape → Human body shape – The current name shows WP:Systematic bias in favor of human biology. Lots of things have bodies that are not humans, such as other animals, or cars, car body shaping is a field of intense study in the car industry, so is aircraft body shapes. Recent activity on spacecraft body shapes for the COTS programs show that technological body shapes are also of much research and funding. Ergonomics deal with human use object shaping. Body shapes of animals is studied by evolutionary biologists, such as how Darwin came to the theory of Evolution by studying the morphology of pigeons and finches. 76.65.131.248 (talk) 21:41, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

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Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *'''Support''' or *'''Oppose''', then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's policy on article titles.

• Oppose per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC ("...much more likely than any other topic, and more likely than all the other topics combined—to be the topic sought when a reader searches for that term"). Of the first 200 Google hits for "body shape", 198 for human body shape. One is for a guitar body shape and the other for aerodynamic body shape and we have articles on neither at Wikipedia. —  AjaxSmack  00:34, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

• Support per WP:PRECISION. -- Trevj (talk) 08:51, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

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Material

There s material about women's body shapes at US_standard_clothing_size#History. Actual measurements produced far more body shapes in women than in men. WhatamIdoing (talk) 02:32, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Removed edit page content from article

I removed the following text from the "Wider hips (in females)" section of the article as it was obviously meant for the talk page and not for the article itself. I have no idea when this edit was made or who made it, but I thought I'd put it in its proper place. Bookbaby2004 (talk) 07:32, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

"The reference cited by the author to provide evidence for female body shape causing a hip sway does not in fact make any assertion of the kind. It is merely an article stating that women who sway their hips are considered to be more attractive. Please either provide a reference that actually includes this information, or remove this portion of the article."

Male body shape

Why does Male body shape redirect here while Female body shape is its own article? Talk about asymmetrical. Nongendered (talk) 19:27, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

Exactly what I was going to say. Ridiculous sexism. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.73.83.15 (talk) 04:02, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

This disparity is currently being discussed on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Countering systemic bias/Gender gap task force, with the discussion leaning towards the creation of a separate Male body shape article.Dialectric (talk) 23:43, 18 February 2015 (UTC)

Is this matter still being discussed as it seems no action was taken? 45.53.232.95 (talk) 05:14, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

There's not enough content at present to merit a separate article on male body shape. It's not something that needs to be discussed further. Someone just needs to actually create that content.

Peter ^Isotalo 10:04, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

Body skills

Body build is associated with specific athletic skills—the best fencers, oarsmen, and basketball players, for example, tend to be tall and lean; top swimmers, divers, and pole-vaulters are likely to be broad-shouldered and slim-hipped; champion wrestlers, shot putters, and weight lifters are apt to be thick-trunked and short-limbed. While body type does not guarantee athletic prowess, it can contribute to success in certain sports. Similar considerations apply to vocal and instrumental musical aptitudes wherein unique combinations of such anatomical structures as lips, teeth, larynx, tongue, eyes, ears, hands, and arms can facilitate the attainment of virtuoso skill.