• repmekevets: i agree with you & think people should keep those kinds of comments to themselves, but i think you're disregarding the societal standard of beauty: fat/overweight is not beautiful & being thin is desirable. because of this, people feel like they can say things like, "you need to eat a cheeseburger!" & it will roll off your back because you are skinny (attractive) & therefore have it easy. to be honest, in many ways skinny/attractive people have it easier, but that's another discussion entirely.

  • repmekevets added: also, i want to make it clear that i don’t ascribe to the aforementioned societal standard of beauty, i was just stating that it exists for the purpose of my point.

    Fair assessment, except you’re forgetting about the new campaign to change the standard of beauty in which society is now fighting back with “real women have curves” and “only dogs like bones” as if I’m no longer desirable as a women because I have no boobs and my hip bones stick out.

    No one should be told their body type is less desirable than another’s. And I understand the ideal standard of beauty should be changed, but to move it from one end of the spectrum to the other is just as damaging. Instead, we should consider including every happy healthy body type under the “attractive” umbrella.

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Tuesday 7th February at 1:46pm

  1. repmekevets said: fair enough. & yes, i think attacking any body type/shape is deplorable. i also prefer a focus on promoting healthy bodies as sexy ones. after all, healthy comes in all shapes & sizes.
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