Of Folds Epicanthic and Sub-gluteal
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If you do any swimming, you tend to spend time around people in swimming costumes (or less, depending on where you swim I suppose) and this — how do I put it? — affords certain observations of a macro-histological* nature. One such Family-of-Man-type observation I’ve made is that everyone has about the same number of folds. I haven’t collected any data on this observation and don’t intend to, so maybe we shouldn’t take this any further than it deserves to go.
Whereas most Japanese people possess an epicanthus (eyelid fold), they generally lack the sub-gluteal fold that appears as a little seam of flab where the buttocks join the thigh. Caucasians, on the other hand, lack the epicanthus but tend to have at least one sub-gluteal fold (and, heavens, occasionally more). Sub-gluteal folds can appear in Japanese, but usually as a result of gluteal prolapse due to ageing rather than sub-cutaneous fat distribution. This is why Japanese look better in Speedos.
It’s also, I would humbly submit, why it’s easier to have a cute bum if you’re Japanese. A lesser degree of gluteal development is necessary to create a pleasant shape while Caucasians require a greater degree to overcome the interruptive squiggle of the sub-gluteal fold.
So there you have it. Cute bums in a nutshell. Don’t say you never learn anything here.
* histology n. M19. The branch of science that deals with the structure and composition of organic tissue, esp. on a microscopic scale. [The New Shorter OED, 1993]. I couldn’t find the word I needed — “physical” or “anatomical” would give the wrong impression entirely — so this will have to do.
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Posted to Oh, the Humanity • 2003.03.07 (Fri) • 16:19
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Posted by Anita Rowland 2003.03.07, 16:43
no pictures? first the eyebrows, now the butt!
Posted by gomichild 2003.03.07, 17:34
I think rounded bums are cuter than flat bums though, fold or no fold…
wishes her hubby had fleshier gluteals
Posted by nick 2003.03.07, 17:47
Even if they look better in speedos, it still doesn’t make it okay.
Posted by nils 2003.03.07, 18:08
stands up, checks for folds…they seem to have migrated somewhat I think you are talking about “gross anatomy,” but “macro-histological” is interesting in a “jumbo shrimp” kind of way.
Posted by kat 2003.03.07, 18:41
Actually, that was a very good word choice.
Posted by Kurt 2003.03.08, 00:43
jeremy, that’s the funniest thing I’ve read in quite a while. my hat off to you, first for touching (figuratively speaking of course) the subject, and secondly for some wonderful sentences. Thanks for adding multiple new folds to my vocabulary too!
Posted by ernie 2003.03.08, 02:36
Some friends of mine always complain that japanese chicks have no asses, but I dig ‘em. More like the ass of a twelve year old boy.
so sweet…
Posted by Mr. X 2003.03.08, 16:49
well… let’s just put it that way: any caucasian girl’s ass looks cuter to me than any Japanese guy’s ass. With or without gluteal development…
Posted by jh 2003.03.10, 11:19
> Even if they look better in speedos, > it still doesn’t make it okay.
LOL! I was actually thinking of Speedos for both men and women —- racing suits, in other words —- rather than the baggier, flouncier, whatever end of the swimming costume spectrum.
I’m telling you though that once you remove that sub-gluteal fold from the equation, Speedos can be almost flattering (although I ought to say that a guy would have to be a damn site older than 12 to get me to play for the other team. Yoicks!).
And lest you think I possess the kind of bum that lets me get away with anything, I should probably go on record as saying I wear the ‘bike-shorts’ style (knee-length) Speedos for regular training and a full-leg pair for races (eliminates the drag from the hair on your legs).
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