(-: This is so odd, but I was just thinking about this question earlier this week — what does Olive Oyl's body type say to women?
If anything, it's a little degrading to girls who are naturally on the skinny side. O.O. isn't considered a hot chick.
I don't know why — OO seems pretty smart, and she's got at least two guys lusting after her, but I've never met a woman who wanted to be OO. I think it's the hair. Now, maybe if she let her hair down, she'd be sending confusing messages to women — be skinny with good hair and you can get lots of men. I don't think women are willing to sacrifice good hair for a couple of sailors, though.
Its not like Olive is some sexy hot chick with lots of boyfriends. If anything she shows young girls what not to look like. I doubt that any young girl would want to have her body looking like Olives.
olive does the best she can, with what she's got.
obviously, her public image is a popular and positive one,
or she wouldn't be featured in so many iconic symbols in our society: costumes, pez dispensers, characters at theme parks, advertisements, etc. etc…
young girls see olive as a personality,
rather than as a fashion figure.
she is seen as someone who loves & thinks a lot.
"…hy eisman, who has been drawing popeye since 1994, say[s] about olive: "she's perpetually 29 years old, 5'10'' and weighs 96 pounds. she wears size 14-AAAAAA shoes so she can't fall over in a strong wind…."
forget promoting eating disorders, the girl, olive, is all about healthy eating….
"…olive oyl is named after olive oil, a common cooking ingredient in italian and mediterranean dishes….
segar's newspaper strips also featured a number of her relatives named after other oils, including her brother castor oyl, their mother nana oyl (after "banana oil", a mild slang phrase of the time used in the same way as "horsefeathers", i.e. "nonsense" [1]) and their father, cole oyl…." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Oyl
(-: This is so odd, but I was just thinking about this question earlier this week — what does Olive Oyl's body type say to women?
If anything, it's a little degrading to girls who are naturally on the skinny side. O.O. isn't considered a hot chick.
I don't know why — OO seems pretty smart, and she's got at least two guys lusting after her, but I've never met a woman who wanted to be OO. I think it's the hair. Now, maybe if she let her hair down, she'd be sending confusing messages to women — be skinny with good hair and you can get lots of men. I don't think women are willing to sacrifice good hair for a couple of sailors, though.
(-: Good question. Made me laugh!
You mean anorexia?
Aren't most girls' heads canteloupe-shaped with receding hairlines and a hot dog nose?
I've never Olive Oyl? Or are you talking about the cartoon? If so It's a cartoon
Yes ,young girls shood let their bodies develope naturally into woman hood
Its not like Olive is some sexy hot chick with lots of boyfriends. If anything she shows young girls what not to look like. I doubt that any young girl would want to have her body looking like Olives.
lol no
About as much as people wanting to be as dumb as George W Bush. Get over it.
olive does the best she can, with what she's got.
obviously, her public image is a popular and positive one,
or she wouldn't be featured in so many iconic symbols in our society: costumes, pez dispensers, characters at theme parks, advertisements, etc. etc…
young girls see olive as a personality,
rather than as a fashion figure.
she is seen as someone who loves & thinks a lot.
somebody likes olive…
http://www.richmondsounddesign.com/pix/2001/11-04-DSCF0007.jpg
olive oyl sold perfume….and an expensive suit….
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.designertrend.com/DTphotos/56e.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.designertrend.com/Perfume_Ad_Olive_Oyl_Petal_Suit.html&h=73&w=61&sz=7&hl=en&start=379&tbnid=6_bfybhkawHkWM:&tbnh=70&tbnw=58&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dolive%2Boyl%26start%3D360%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN
did you know that olive oyl had a brother named "castor oyl"?
and, her first boyfriend was named "ham gravy"?
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.popeye-n-olive.com/image/1929Olive4.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.popeye-n-olive.com/olive.html&h=144&w=145&sz=14&hl=en&start=125&tbnid=XQimCS-Tc26k_M:&tbnh=94&tbnw=95&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dolive%2Boyl%26start%3D120%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN
"…hy eisman, who has been drawing popeye since 1994, say[s] about olive: "she's perpetually 29 years old, 5'10'' and weighs 96 pounds. she wears size 14-AAAAAA shoes so she can't fall over in a strong wind…."
is she so bad?…..
http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/ADVG/139~Olive-Oyl-Popeye-Posters.jpg
there's even a play about olive oyl…
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.jerkvision.com/oyl/images/olive2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.jerkvision.com/oyl/&h=150&w=87&sz=13&hl=en&start=509&tbnid=_EkPO4EydrsH-M:&tbnh=96&tbnw=56&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dolive%2Boyl%26start%3D500%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN
(read "about the play")
"wotta doll!"
top 20 male reactions to olive oyl…
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://dev.upian.com/hotlinks/img/2004/01/22/1074744080-4.png&imgrefurl=http://dev.upian.com/hotlinks/archives/2004/1/22/&h=109&w=146&sz=11&hl=en&start=409&tbnid=JHHou339IGWSUM:&tbnh=71&tbnw=95&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dolive%2Boyl%26start%3D400%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN
–left column
forget promoting eating disorders, the girl, olive, is all about healthy eating….
"…olive oyl is named after olive oil, a common cooking ingredient in italian and mediterranean dishes….
segar's newspaper strips also featured a number of her relatives named after other oils, including her brother castor oyl, their mother nana oyl (after "banana oil", a mild slang phrase of the time used in the same way as "horsefeathers", i.e. "nonsense" [1]) and their father, cole oyl…."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Oyl
Lol, I don't know any girl that idolizes Olive Oyl.