Ive been in China for quite awhile now and it never ceases to amaze me how many of the Western ladies I come across are heavily built and involved in ESL work!

Whether I travel to or work in large cities or small I find that the Western ladies I see or meet are invariable large and invariable teachers. Any one of these ladies could be the prop forward of an international rugby squad and yet here they are in China teaching. Are these large women in some way genetically pre-disposed to be ESL teachers in China or is this phenomenon more wide spread? What is it about China that attracts these women anyway; I would have thought this country of all countries would be difficult enough to fit in, no pun intended, just by being foreign. Regardless of a persons physical shape the foreigner stands out in China and the Chinese stare a lot at us lao wai so by being lao wai and big creates more staring.
The Chinese female is virtually obsessed with being thin and the Chinese male regards white skin, round faced and thin girls to be attractive so how do the larger Western ladies feel about that I wonder. We all hear the stories about foreign men and Chinese women and the fact that the Chinese girls are seen as very attractive, at least physically, and about relationships that ensue. Conversely the Chinese male is invariably intimidated by Western women and a relationship between them is extremely rare so how do the Western women in general and large Western women in particular deal with this? The Western women Ive worked with either directly or indirectly never had a relationship whilst they were in China! They all said that they didnt find the Chinese men attractive and the Chinese men never approached them! Is coming to China an act of celibacy for these women, are my observations only mine?