The Problem with skinny bashing

beccyleigh

I saw the pictures on fb & the weight of the subjects was never in my thought, rather that the modern day pictures were or women who were waify with no or fake boobs, flat bums & boyish waists. I took the point to be that women back in the day were accepted to be naturally womanly, with curves, real boobs& *kitten* & that the idea of beauty in the current age is more boyish or fake beauty.

just my tuppence.

FearAnLoathing

bump :happy:

wiggleroom

I saw the pictures on fb & the weight of the subjects was never in my thought, rather that the modern day pictures were or women who were waify with no or fake boobs, flat bums & boyish waists. I took the point to be that women back in the day were accepted to be naturally womanly, with curves, real boobs& *kitten* & that the idea of beauty in the current age is more boyish or fake beauty.

just my tuppence.

Really good point. I think some people reacted horribly to the pics of the skinny women -- with "eww," etc. But I definitely agree with you that the "ideal" for today seems to be un-curvy. And, speaking as someone with curves, I would have to have my hipbones shaved or filed down or something to achieve that look!

On the other hand ... I do see a lot of positive press for women with curves as well, like Rihanna. Maybe there's hope.

FearAnLoathing

Just because people don't want to be oppressed by somebody else's idea of a norm doesn't mean they have to set up a new norm, based on themselves, which might be equally impossible for other people to conform to.

cobracars

If the media were to be believed, the average woman would be a size 2, white, straight, and carry a $3000 handbag.

I agree with your views on the media focusing on WAY too many skinny women. Its not the norm or even close to the average. But why bring race or sexual preference into your post? If 10% of the population is gay, then 90% is straight. So it makes sense to depict straight as the statistical 'average'. Not better, just more common. Same thing with race. Currently approx 70% of the USA is white so again the statistics would indicate that a larger portion than average of women are white. In the rest of the world 'white' is only 25% so outside the USA the average woman would not be white, but I would bet chances are higher that she would be skinny.

Silverkittycat

Just because people don't want to be oppressed by somebody else's idea of a norm doesn't mean they have to set up a new norm, based on themselves, which might be equally impossible for other people to conform to.

this.

FearAnLoathing

If the media were to be believed, the average woman would be a size 2, white, straight, and carry a $3000 handbag.

I agree with your views on the media focusing on WAY too many skinny women. Its not the norm or even close to the average. But why bring race or sexual preference into your post? If 10% of the population is gay, then 90% is straight. So it makes sense to depict straight as the statistical 'average'. Not better, just more common. Same thing with race. Currently approx 70% of the USA is white so again the statistics would indicate that a larger portion than average of women are white. In the rest of the world 'white' is only 25% so outside the USA the average woman would not be white, but I would bet chances are higher that she would be skinny.

I didnt write it

cobracars

If the media were to be believed, the average woman would be a size 2, white, straight, and carry a $3000 handbag.

I agree with your views on the media focusing on WAY too many skinny women. Its not the norm or even close to the average. But why bring race or sexual preference into your post? If 10% of the population is gay, then 90% is straight. So it makes sense to depict straight as the statistical 'average'. Not better, just more common. Same thing with race. Currently approx 70% of the USA is white so again the statistics would indicate that a larger portion than average of women are white. In the rest of the world 'white' is only 25% so outside the USA the average woman would not be white, but I would bet chances are higher that she would be skinny.

I didnt write it

Sorry, since there weren't any quote marks around it the appearance is its your writing.
So...whoever the f*** wrote it, the question is still WHY BRING RACE AND SEXUAL PREFERENCE into an article about skinny bashing? Or for that matter why inject class warfare into it by mentioning how expensive a handbag she would carry? It takes so much credibility away from the author their argument is pointless.

FearAnLoathing

If the media were to be believed, the average woman would be a size 2, white, straight, and carry a $3000 handbag.

I agree with your views on the media focusing on WAY too many skinny women. Its not the norm or even close to the average. But why bring race or sexual preference into your post? If 10% of the population is gay, then 90% is straight. So it makes sense to depict straight as the statistical 'average'. Not better, just more common. Same thing with race. Currently approx 70% of the USA is white so again the statistics would indicate that a larger portion than average of women are white. In the rest of the world 'white' is only 25% so outside the USA the average woman would not be white, but I would bet chances are higher that she would be skinny.

I didnt write it

Sorry, since there weren't any quote marks around it the appearance is its your writing.
So...whoever the f*** wrote it, the question is still WHY BRING RACE AND SEXUAL PREFERENCE into an article about skinny bashing? Or for that matter why inject class warfare into it by mentioning how expensive a handbag she would carry? It takes so much credibility away from the author their argument is pointless.

I linked the article at the beginging of tyhe post,She brought up race but it doesnt take away from the message that its not ok to bash someones body weather the be thin or full figured. I thought it was relevent because there has been a fair ammount of "skinny bashing" going on here. And I think she used it to point out the messages the media sends us . the media does send the message that you NEED that expensive purse or shoes,just like the media They do send the message that you need to look a certine way.

FearAnLoathing

Heres a link to the picture they were talking about in the article,it has the F word on it so if that bothers you then I wouldnt look.

http://weknowmemes.com/2011/10/****-society-this-is-more-attractive-than-this/


haha it censored the web adress just replace the stars with our favorite 4 letter word that starts with F