I don't have a dog in this fight as a straight woman, but it's been my experience that men like gals with a fuller figure. A few anecdotes: I'm skinny, my best friend is obese but shapely. We're both average looking people (two eyes, nose, mouth in proper place). I've watched men chase her down the street to get her #. One day it happened so many times I said to the last guy "Hello? What about me? What's wrong with me?" He just shrugged. Of course I sounded like a total shrew so he was probably glad he didn't approach me …
I had a boss once who looked at a picture of me and my sister that I had tacked up near my desk. She's got a bombshell, "brick house" body - has had guys at her feet since puberty. He said, "So that's your sister! She's built for comfort, you're built for speed." He added that men prefer a "comfortable ride." Yes, he was disgusting and inappropriate, and these comments were the least of his transgressions, trust me. But he confirmed what I already knew - men like women with womanly attributes, and extra padding is one of them.