An "hourglass shape" (robust hips and bust with a tiny waist) has long been sought after by women.
It was the body type that made old Hollywood actresses — Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, and Sophia Loren — the sex symbols that they were.
But now, a new study has found troubling information about this desired body type.
The researchers showed nearly 750 participants graphics of underweight, average-weight, overweight, and obese females with different body shapes.
In addition to this, overweight women that had belly fat were more stigmatized than obese woman with butt fat.
This can be unsettling news to those not born with an hourglass figure.
It could make these women more likely to turn to things like waist shapers or even plastic surgery.
MarketWatch found that the waist shaper market is already supposed to continue growing in 2021.
What's more, there's been a plastic surgery boom in 2020.
Hopefully, the results of the Oklahoma State and Arizona State University study will help society becomes more aware of the dangers of these stigmas.
