Broad shoulders or small shoulders?

[Guest]

Broad shoulders.. I have them myself [got them from my mom actually] I'm not the tallest person. 5,3 or 5,4.. But I'm only thirteen though [soon 14, lol]
Since I have broad shoulders with my height, it doesn't look quite... right?
And some clothes don't fit me at all, kinda funny.
My body will end up as that hourglass shape as I get older. Yihaa, hopefully I'll grow some more.

[Guest]

I'm 5'7, Asian, and broad-shouldered. Not what you would call a typical Asian build ('cause all my Asian friends are freaking small and I feel gigantic next to them... being tall and broad-shouldered and all!). I used to hate it a lot. And people who meet me for the first time almost always ask things like "you're an athlete right?" "are u a swimmer?"

Hey! I'm the same way - a broad shouldered, athletically built Asian. Except I'm 5'5", but that's still taller than most of my other Asian friends. I don't even really work out at all and yet I have an extremely athletic build.

[Outcast]

Small.

[guestladyyy]

If you think broad shoulders make a woman look masculine or unfeminine, it's because you feel like you're not enough of a man. Stop trying to shrink women to make yourself feel big and bad. Or move to the middle east where they share your views on women.

[Scots Guy]

I think the answer might depend on whether the woman was petite, or quite tall. I would not be put off either way on any woman though, as I look at the whole package including the mind!!

[angelicpinay47]

Do you think the women in these pictures look masculine?

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[1]http://img56.echo.cx/img56/5056/vs2002125sr.jpg[/1]

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I think they look absolutely fabulous with their broad shoulders.

only the last 2 have even remotely broad shoulders...

only the last 2? did you even look at the first picture? she DEFINITELY has broad shoulders and she doesn't look masculine at all -- in the contrary, quite beautiful!

[distantdreamer]

Hmm.. there is arguments for and against for both. Having small shoulders generally means you have a petite frame, which is a feminine quality. However, if you're carrying extra weight you're more likely to look "dumpy" than someone with a bigger frame/broader shoulders. Saying that, those with broader shoulders are at risk of looking manly.

I have fairly broad shoulders but i am slim, 5 ft 7, wideish hips & small waist. I also have a feminine face (blue eyes, long golden hair, rosy cheeks, full lips, freckles on my nose etc..)

What im trying to say is it completely depends on the girl. Some suit it, others don't. And i doubt they are the first feature a man/woman will look for in a woman, there are far more important features on a girls body. And all men love different things, some like fat women, others like thin, most like inbetween so probably the most prefered is just average shoulders.