Attractiveness of fat bodies

Modern body positivity movements often claim that being attracted to thin women is a feature of contemporary society and historically it wasn't always true. This article is more of a opinion piece, where my position is that this is a misconception and being fat was never seen as aesthetically attractive. The problem with examining whether this is a misconception is because we can't go into the minds of every historical culture, but even the fact that the body positivity movement is willing to make such strong statements about the past is deserving of criticism.
Historical portrayal of attractive man seems to always be a fit body shape, but this is irrelevant to this issue since body positivity advocates only ever have the wight of women in mind. In my opinion this reveals the political motivation of this movement. It is true that the pressure on women to be thin at all cost is a problem, but that doesn't make swinging in the other direction any less factually incorrect.
The prehistoric figurine of an obese women called The Venus of Willendorf is the object of a common argument trying to prove that obese women used to be seen as attractive. But we don't know the intet behind the creation of this figurine or what was it supposed to symbolize. Jumping to the conclusion that this was a symbol of beauty is not grounded in any evidence.
At certain times in history excess body fat had been seen as a symbol of wealth and thus seen as attractive. But in this case being attractive doesn't necessary mean physically or aesthetically attractive, it is only in the sense that ones overflowing bank account can be attractive to those seeking money, If you look at portrayals of physical beauty in these times it would still be normal weight women.
Some body positivity examples are of women who have slightly increased body fat but are still within normal ranges, greek statues with belly flaps or modern celebrities with "thicc asses". These women are attractive, but it is ridiculous to use them as examples of overweight women. Arguing about whether women who have belly flaps when they bend over are seen as attractive isn't something most people would disagree with, but then they continue to pretend this is a prove that any weight can be attractive, which doesn't logically follow.