Women as subjects, and the “ideal” proportion

I paint women, both nude and clothed…and I find that I often need to “doctor” up the proportions to fit into what looks right “proportion-wise” to me. But, has this-my viewpoint- been affected by our society’s dictum of the “ideal” women’s size? This brings me to the concept of what is the ideal? There are simply too many to list here and, of course, this depends on who is looking….