Apples or Pears... pfft, what about the men?

How come women are the only one with a fruit shaped medical comparison?  What are the men classified as?

Pineapples, Cucumbers, Carrots,Watermelons,  Stringbeans... .WTF?

PS to all of you out there with dirty minds, thats not what this thread is about. LOL

dammit!! 

had you NOT mentioned that last line.... I was totally gonna say somethin' nasty!  ;)

I've known several men who would be classified as pears -- it is a strange sight.  Tiny little head atop a body that is broad at the hips.... Ok, so they don't all have tiny little heads (those are smaller than just "tiny" or just "little" heads, by the way), but the wide hips make them look disproportionate

Im just sick of all us women being compared your sizes to produce!   Its time to size up the men! LOL

I've heard of men "carrying a spare tire" or referred to as "Michelin Man", or how about a guy having "Dunlop Disease"!
That's where their gut 'dun lop' over their belt.  
Hmmm -  these are all related to car tires.

My daddy use to say he was an FBI -- fat-bellied individual...

men also have Beer bellies, or kegs, regardless of how the belly was achieved

I'd rather be compared to produce than some other things many of us have been called.

FBI.... never heard that one before.

Original Post by coach_k:

I've known several men who would be classified as pears -- it is a strange sight. Tiny little head atop a body that is broad at the hips.... Ok, so they don't all have tiny little heads (those are smaller than just "tiny" or just "little" heads, by the way), but the wide hips make them look disproportionate

yeah I have a guy friend who is a total pear

My ex-boyfriend was a Flamingo. Large upper body with stick-thin legs poking out (I still thought he was hot as hell). A flamingo is something you can be born as or something you can become through continued neglect of all muscles in your lower body.

Yeah, there are men out here who are blessed with wide loads back there. The thing I do hate and agree with you on is... Where is there damn label? I'm a pear, and I'm not to shamed of being that pear. I know what I'm, and that's a nice dressed woman with class. This is just a label they put on women.. Like.. I get thickness, and thicken. I mean. I would really like to walk up to a man, and look at him and say. Okay.. He's short and fat so I will call him... Short Sh**, but we "so called" can't do that. We women don't do things like that.. We are the ones with labels.. Like you got.. Dime, and Phat, and all these other labels on us.. What happen too.. That's a nice looking woman. Or Nice shape woman.. No.... Look 2 pears coming your way.. Oh.... Look at that thicken. These are the times we live in. Men need labels too... I've seen a few men with more Junk in the back than me. Love handle's isn't a label.. Women love them on most men, and men thinks it's the joke of the town.. Like my boyfriend and his belly.. More pushing cushion.. That's what I get.. More Pushing Cushion.. Come one now...

We have men who like to do the label thing, I don't think a woman came up with this. Pear shape bottom heavy, carrot for a woman who is up and down, or celery, and apple nothing but legs and belly... I mean. If you had to choose a label, what would you want to be.. I would really like to be me. But I'm labeled as a pear for life..

Women get labelled for everything, it's not right, but it a fact of life that will never change. Men get labels, but usually only as compliments to their masculinity.

Yeah but when was the last time  you heard a guy say,  "Hey do I look fat in these shorts?"  I wouldn't be suprised if those things weren't started by a woman.  I can see a woman saying,  'Ive eaten so much today, if I eat that apple Ill be an apple. " Men tend to run with things we say they  think are cute.

The reason why woman are targeted with the fruit comparison is because they have more variety. 

Females being apples is far more common than males being pears and fruit body shapes is an issue because of what a critical factor it is to health risks.  

It wasnt a man or woman that came up with this but the medical field trying to simplify body shapes to more easily define how they affect who should be most concerned about being overweight.

AFAIK, Men are also Apples or Pears.

I, for one, since I tend to gain weight around my belly, am an Apple.

I thought most men were programmed to carry weight around their stomach while most women carry weight around their hips/thighs...it's beneficial for bearing children, I guess.  So then it would be more common for men to be "apples" and for women to be "pears."  Now that doesn't mean that there aren't male pears or female apples!  Has anyone else heard this?

besides the whole "spare tire" thing, i've only ever really heard the term "beanpole" being used. self-explanatory. very thin and tall, like a pole.

Oh, I've also heard that the desired shape for men is X-shaped - broad shoulders, small waist, and strong legs I guess.  I think that was in reference to body building though.

Original Post by biker_chick:

how about a guy having "Dunlop Disease"!
That's where their gut 'dun lop' over their belt.  

My dad said that about me once :(

Hmmm... my husband has huge shoulders, toned but not big arms, a big ribcage, a little bit of a gut (he's about 15lbs overweight), and tiny little chicken legs. I think instead of fruits, guys should be classified by other foods.

Walking, talking, armed pie (skinny arms and legs, big gut).

Ravioli. (Big everywhere)

Cotton candy (Fluffy everywhere but the legs)

Candy cane (Skinny everywhere)

Then there's guys built like my husband. I call him Turkey.

 

 

Gobble gobble.

Man there are WAY too many sexual jokes when you start to name them candies though!

"Mmm wouldn't i just love to suck on some of that candy cane"

I think this is all funny...
Why do women think it's bad being named fruit?!
It's just a tool, like so many other things.
Before you know it, you'll all be getting offended because someone called you female.
"Nooo how can a man label me?!"
The fact is, it's not purely something men use and knowing what "fruit size" you are can help YOU.
Like when shopping and deciding how to dress.
I WANT to be labeled, i have no idea what fruit i am.
Sometimes it seems i'm a pear, then others it seems like i'm just a boyish rectangle.

Trinny and Susannah don't use fruit names (at least not all of them), they came up with others.
Or so i read in one "figure out your body shape" article.
Though some were still food.

Do you get offended when someone refers to you as your hair colour?
"Check out that blonde/brunette/red head scarlet..."