An old article I found on BBC, but very interesting because even here in Oman, people in the South see fat as a sign of beauty.

A generation ago, over a third of women in the country were force-fed as children - Mauritania is one of the few African countries where, on average, girls receive more food than boys.

Now only around one in 10 girls are treated this way. The treatment has its roots in fat being seen as a sign of wealth - if a girl was thin she was considered poor, and would not be respected.

Fatematou, manager of a 'wife-fattening farm' says:

"If a girl refuses we start nicely, saying 'come on, come on' sweetly, until she agrees to eat."

Fatematou admitted that sometimes the girls cried at the treatment.

"Of course they cry - they scream," she said.

"We grab them and we force them to eat. If they cry a lot we leave them sometimes for a day or two and then we come back to start again.

"They get used to it in the end."

She argued that in the end the girls were grateful.

"When they are small they don't understand, but when they grow up they are fat and beautiful," she said.

Source (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3429903.stm)

:p

Ouch!

I'm glad no one is fattening me! :p

Do Omani men still find large size in women specially attractive?

In Dhofar they do. :p

I think it's one of those sick fetishes

In Dhofar they do. :p

The weeping girls of Dhofar...a sad story! :(

I guess maybe anorexia trying to get thin and sveltly beautiful might be even worse...

I think it's one of those sick fetishes

As opposed to a healthy fetish? ;)

HAHA! That was a funny read! I didn't even bother checking out the rest of it at the source, that excerpt was funny enough! :p

This is where Christina Aguilera comes in singing "You are beautiful no matter what they say... Words can't bring you down"

And then Ms. FATematou replies "If words won't bring you down, then our food certainly will!"

:mushroom:

Moved from General Sabla

Thats really funny !

Fattening them, Walla poor girls

beleive it or not.. some men really love fat women! my frinds dad is like that, n if her mom wants to go on a diet he would really get mad! even for them - her sisters- they r all nagged to keep gaining weight!

its just weird! but they r comfurtible :p no need to care for their extra spear tires ( tummy fat ) :angel:

I would attend a "thinning" farm instead :p

Some only want slim wives, some only want fat wives. When will this wife-choosing according to their bodies stop!

This is funny LOL.

Do Omani men still find large size in women specially attractive?

I know I don't :p

As opposed to a healthy fetish? ;)

Healthy fetish? Maybe a big bubble booty...

Hmm...perhaps I should have just kept that thought inside my head?

So Arabic "fat camp" is really different from the American version, we need to send Angel Eyes and Charm and all the other complainers :dev:

In Dhofar they do. :p

Not true!
that was in the past and all women love chubby girls not fat fat!

anyway

i think its unhealthy at all

If you go to Google and type

fat Oman

it says

Did you mean: fat Woman

Try it! :p

^ LOL!

when i first saw the thread i thought its about how when men get married they get fat, as in having a wife is like attending a fattening farm. :D

i don't think anyone likes FAT! they like chubby. and they're right. chubby is a zillion times better than anorexic.