Real women have curves - curves do not equal rolls

FitN50s

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I want to look like this⬇⬇ she's a size 14 and that's what I'm aiming for.

OMG she has no butt crack haha
OK but seriously - how messed is that? They show a woman completely naked but blur out her nipples and her crack? This society is crazy..

If they blur that much, it makes you wonder what else has been altered. What size and shape were her arms, thighs and stomach before the retouching began? Why not find pictures of untouched size 14 women to aspire to? It's not about the tag inside the clothes, it about the body that wears them. Aren't we all trying to find happiness in the skin we're in? No matter whether it's a slender frame, a fuller figure or somewhere in between. We need to stop holding ourselves hostage to images that don't reflect the truth.Some of us will never have the curves of Marilyn Monroe. Others will never have the frame to be as small as Jennifer Beale. I would like to think that where ever we fall in that spectrum we are still "real women" and deserve the respect and love of others and - more importantly - ourselves.

neotericisis

I agree with all of you.

I have a friend who tries SO HARD to gain weight. She is naturally very slender & hates it bc she's been picked on her entire life for it.

I don't have an hour glass shape myself. My chest is too small & my waist isn't narrow enough.

Kylie, you said it right.

I agree! I have been too slim all my life and I have curves (at a mere 34A, no boobs, but I have hips and booty). You don't have to be super thick to have curves. On the same note, you don't have to be super skinny to be healthy. The main goal should be a healthy weight for your body type- its about being sexy and healthy at the same time for yourself, not for the image of someone else (ie: super models...ugh, even I'm not that skinny )

SassyCalyGirl

34-26.5-34 = curves! And I weigh 114lbs.

GinNouveau

Dammit, I am so sick of women being defined by their body shape. How come real men are defined by their attitudes / behaviours & not their body shape?

:drinker:

Brandicaloriecountess

I hate this saying, because *all* women are "real women", no matter if they're fat, thin, tall, short, skinny or curvy.

This.

emaline614

Kind of glad I'm not a real woman, so I'm not stuck inside some crappy image of what I should be.

FAKE WOMEN UNITE!

A-men sister!!!!

autumnrose2

All women are real women. But when I think of curves, I think someone like Scarlett Johansson or Christina Hendricks.

PJilly

I love this blog about real women:

http://www.hanneblank.com/blog/2011/06/23/real-women/

sweet110

Well...methinks that any woman who walked around virtually naked would probably have a curve or two.

Real women wear clothes! (in public...)

[10 minutes later, someone writes...Well, I'm a nudist, and I personally think that a real woman should be able to walk around naked!]

stylistchik

I have been saying this for years, why has noone listened to me?
Curves is a body shape... not size!

Beyonce seems like such a great role model... I've always admired her! Looks, talent, confidence, class; she has it all!

BoopsyBoop

I agree!

I hate ad campaigns that celebrate "real women" but still show unhealthy, obese women. Dove soap comes to mind.

Just because a woman is obese doesn't mean she's not healthy, same with thin women...just because their thin doesn't mean they're healthy. I'm considered obese but I'm highly active, eat right, have no health issues....I'm extremely healthy. Besides real women are the ones who are not ghosts....doesn't matter if they have curves or not....

toebass

Dammit, I am so sick of women being defined by their body shape. How come real men are defined by their attitudes / behaviours & not their body shape?

:drinker:

THIS!!!

women think they are continually defined by their body shape and size, but you're only defined by this if you believe you are..

It's kind of amazing - i'm 78kg (172 pounds) - not skinny by any stretch of the imagination - possibly curvy with a disproportionately large booty, however I think of myself as a fit, active person and act this way too (an athlete per se) - it took a lot of effort and time, but not only do I treat myself like i'm an athlete, but now so do all of my friends and family. I'm the first person they will speak to when they want to do something health or fitness or sport based.

I am no longer treated as "the fat girl", I am "the athlete" among my friends.

the only people who still perceive me as a fat girl would be people who don't know me yet - and who gives a stuff about their opinion of how i look?

fguillory

Seriously! lol

SixCatFaerie

I agree!

I hate ad campaigns that celebrate "real women" but still show unhealthy, obese women. Dove soap comes to mind.

I don't know that I would consider any one of the women on the Dove commercials "obese." They're probably more at the higher end of their BMI.

I agree...none of them are obese. They just aren't the "Hollywood" version of what women should be. The whole point of their ads is to give a healthy body image and not one that says everybody needs to be a size 0 to be considered attractive.

Yep, Love those ads! If I could look like those women it would be wonderful!

azura8181

Does anyone else think when they hear or see Real women have X think so if they don't have X then are they a man?

MissFit0101

Kind of glad I'm not a real woman, so I'm not stuck inside some crappy image of what I should be.

FAKE WOMEN UNITE!

A-men sister!!!!

TeamFakeWomen

lyndabw

bless your hubby.
i have one of those, and he supports me getting healthy but hates me loosing my bottom. go figure':bigsmile:

lyndabw

bless your hubby.
i have one of those, and he supports me getting healthy but hates me loosing my bottom. go figure':bigsmile:

i also have a great doctor that took into consideration the meds i have to take, my family history. good healthy midwest people.
the pics of my female ancestors really showed that on both sides of my family there are robust ladies.

so we are getting me healthy . and keeping it REAL.

all ladies are not twggies, its not normal that is the magnzines oppinion.
i like the real oppinion.
keep the faith ladies go for a resonable loss not some CHART that golly who knows came up with.
you and your doc know best.
:laugh: :happy: :ohwell: :bigsmile:

lyndabw

AMEN

lyndabw

I'M with ya

Ali_TSO

Real women have vaginas.

No the *kitten* they don't!!! Are you really going to sit here and say that transwomen and intersexed women aren't REAL women because they don't have vaginas? What about transmen? They have vaginas but they're no more a woman than I am a flying squirrel. This is hateful, derogatory, and exclusionary. This type of speech isn't uplifting or helpful. It's f*cking IGNORANT. Are you kidding me right now?!?! You are a woman if you say you are.

not to be rude but anatomy class taught me real women do have vaginas. whether they were born that way or had it made to fit their body........ hmmmmm

just cause i say im a banana doesnt make me a banana right??

You're mistaking biological sex with gender. (Which, btw, get's rather f*cked up when you've met fully functioning women who just so happens to be born with vaginas yet their chromosomes are XY. Look up androgen insensitivity syndrome.) A person can be anything biologically - man, woman, intersex - but GENDER, that lovely thing people portray to the world, is totally different. Gender is fluid and falls along a spectrum rather than a blatant x or y.

The problem I have is that we are excluding a LOT of people when we make ignorant, blanket statements about a person's genital configuration. A transwoman who's had bottom surgery is more of a woman than a transwomen who hasn't? A transman will always be a women if he doesn't have bottom surgery? What you're saying is hateful.

Not to be rude, but anatomy class doesn't like to teach things other than a 2 gender system. It freaks people out to talk about it any other way. Besides, who's the genital police? Who's taking the time to look and see if someone has a vagina or not? Don't cut out millions of people in this world by such a closed minded view of what a woman or a man REALLY is. Thanks.

I think some people are too sensitive sometimes....I don't think that person meant it in a hateful of deragatory manner at all. :ohwell:

tiffypooh2u

I have curves when I stand up. I have rolls when I sit down.

ME TOO!!!! :drinker:

lovieb1

I agree!

I hate ad campaigns that celebrate "real women" but still show unhealthy, obese women. Dove soap comes to mind.

You think the women in the Dove campaigns are unhealty and/or obese?? Really? Maybe I misunderstood.:huh:

holleysings

I totally agree. I also heard somewhere that "curves" on women mean she has a defined waist, with larger hips and bust. If you're obese, most likely your waist has been lost.

Actually, this is not true for all obese women. I have always had an obvious waist even at my heaviest of 226lbs. Now at 204lbs it's even more pronounced!

LondonEliza

These are real women, who come in all shapes and sizes. A small selection of their shape variance is demonstrated here:
[img]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lOSUHzmovBQ/T2ky4xqHndI/AAAAAAAABeM/5CSnhS52kig/s640/Curves.png[/url] These are fake women who are made in all shapes and sizes:[/img]

AmyLRed

Real women don't hang out with Yankees players.

lol THIS!!!! hahahaha
You made my day

estitom

Aww, bless this thread. Eveytime I read "REAL women has" or "REAL men has" or "REAL people have" or "REAL whatever has" I start to feel so normal and suddenly I fit into all categories and can finally feel all the pressure disappear.

(Real people understand sarcasm.)

killinme

AMEN sister!

I am there too!

My waist says size 12 but my rump is stuck at an 18.

I hate it.

mudar146

but, also, real women can be very thin, some people naturally are. All women are real women regardless of their body size and shape.

110% Agree with this!!!

Namaste1983

OH F.F.S. HOW ABOUT WE STOP TELLING PEOPLE WHAT IS "BEAUTIFUL" OR WHAT QUALIFIES AS A "REAL WOMAN" AND INSTEAD WORK ON BEING LESS VAPID. HOW ABOUT INSTEAD OF DEFINING SOMEONE BY THEIR SIZE WE JUDGE THEM BY CHARACTER AND ACTIONS? STOP WORRYING ABOUT HOW OTHERS LOOK AND FOCUS ON WHY YOU PERCIEVE THEM AS LESS THAN WORTHY OF LOVE, AFFECTION, COMPASSION AND RESPECT. THEN YOU WILL DO THE WORLD A SERVICE BY REMOVING THE JUDGMENT YOU PLACE ON OTHERS. IT MAY EVEN HELP YOU VIEW YOURSELF WITH LOVE AND HELP YOU CHANGE THE WORLD AROUND YOU.
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