>>73293764>assuming that these statues represent what people were attracted toI hate this surface level retarded way of looking at historical things like this; first of all, you're just assuming that it's meant to just be a representation of what women looked like back then (which would have been literally impossible as humanity lived in malnourished scarcity by default back then, like all wild animals do). Secondly, you're just projecting your own standards onto it.
Those statues were probably supposed to represent fertility goddesses or the concept of fertility; the old world highly valued this above anything else as obviously the only purpose in life was reproducing and infant mortality was very high. Not only this, but ancient cultures always tied the concept of fertility with a good harvest too as food was normally scarce by default. Those statues don't indicate what was seen as commonly attractive in women at the time or what women looked like, they represent humanity's hope for the survival of their offspring and to be able to live a plentiful life on a fertile land, and the inherent sacredness of the concept of life itself.
Fuck off with your boring modern-day-skewed take on this just to justify your own (probably american) normalisation/fetish for obesity.
