I like Big Butts

I am deeply concerned about this generations obsession with body image and in particular big round butts. I know that body image was important when I was young too, but not to the obsessive levels I see now. I remember when the song "I Like Big Butts" was first released, it was a joke, no one I knew wanted a big butt EVER! "Does my butt look big in this?", a question a man should never answer apparently.  But now it is what women want and men want to see. 

My butt was never round, even when I was at my fittest, it's not in my genetic make up. I remember joking that a butt implant would be nice to help keep my pants up - although back then our pants went all the way to our waist, underwear hanging out from under jeans was something kept exclusively for workmen with big bellies and a tool belt.  I didn't know many guys with 6 packs and we did work out at the gym. Most of the guys who had 6 packs were dancers and this usually meant they were going to be going shopping with you, not dating you.

No one in my family ever had a round butt in the past, although we are renown for being heavy breasted women. This next generation of women seem to be developing one though. I am not sure how it happened, is it natural selection that has enticed those with round butts in their family to be attracted to those of us with big breasts? Expanding the genetic pool and reshaping our physicality?

Historically the round butt of a female was to tempt the male of the species, when man walked on all fours, like some apes still do. Since moving upright on to two legs,  the breasts became the focus of attention for males and developed accordingly. Is this return to the ideal of a round butt a sign that our society is de-evolving?

It seems a well rounded butt and 6 pack abs are more important than the ability to spell and use grammar correctly. Communication is the cornerstone of our society,  it is what separates us from the other creatures on the planet in many ways. How we improve and progress is based on the way we communicate with each other.

I have been accused of being a spelling nazi, I actually wear this badge with pride. If I correct someone under 30's spelling and grammar it usually invokes a steroidal like rage. I am fully aware that most people who work hard on their bodies now days do not take steroids, but many do take performance enhancing "vitamins".  Is the combination of the naturally occurring endorphins that are produced during a work out and the protein products sold are having a similar effect on the brain that steroids do?

I remember seeing guys in the 80's who were over doing the 'roids and their inability to reason clearly, how they returned to almost animalistic type behaviours. Where their physical prowess was a priority and their personalities seemed to take a back seat to sensibility. Anger, a lack of mental control and a focus on being the biggest, toughest and hardest were all that mattered. Have we learned nothing from Lance Armstrong?

On a daily basis we can see the miscommunication on social media because of the lack of inflection in text. With out the ability to hear the inflection in a person's voice or the more subtle physical indicators in face to face communication surely grammar and spelling should become MORE important to assist in effective communication?

If we lose the ability to communicate effectively, what impact will this have on all those hard bodies and the future babies they are producing? Will we all just become one big arse?