Look at any of the slew of adverts for perfume, make-up or clothes and the message coming across is very clear – thin equals sexy, erotic and desirable. However, good news has been announced for everyone packing a few extra pounds – bigger men and women are apparently better in bed.
The newspapers have been using this as a fantastic excuse to compare skinny and curvier celebrities, with the Mirror running the headline, “Kelly Brooke is better in bed than Cheryl Cole!” (conjuring up images of a staff writer desperately trying to kid himself his knowledge is based on personal experience rather than lustful conjecture).
In a study commissioned by bedmakers Silentnight, 89% of men said that they preferred curvier sexual partners to thin women. Of those men, 56% of them said that they thought partners with curves were more considerate about pleasing them when in bed.
Furthermore, when the romping is over, you’re more likely to sleep better if your partner is curvy. During the two-year study, it was discovered that thin people toss and turn up to 10 times a night on average, whereas those who are heavier only turn over twice.
It is thought that this is due to thin people suffering more from their pressure points being triggered while they sleep, decreasing their circulation and forcing them to turn more often to relieve the pressure.
The company’s sleep scientist Iftikhar Mirza commented that curvy men and women ought to be ‘feeling pretty happy right now’ as not only were they considered good in bed but were also better to sleep next to.