Thigh Gaps
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most of the images we see in magazines are of professional anorexics, so after seeing these images our whole lives (for me it was Kate Moss when I was growing up) it warps our vision of what we should reasonably be able to achieve. Most of the women with xtremely lean thighs are a cheeseburger away from death.
They are not.
Have you ever seen a truly starving person? I will grant you that some models may be a little thinner than is ideally healthy for them, but most of them are nowhere near starving to death.0 -
I had never even heard of a thigh gap until I joined MFP.
Same here. I was like thigh gap...??... WTF is that?!?0 -
I don't even have a tumblr account but searched for the tag to check. Lots of young girls obsessing over it:
http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/thighgap
Omg, what did I just read? Investigating that link made me so sad.0 -
thigh gap = heinous emaciated look 99% of the time.0
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i alwayyyyys wanted one and ik i can get one so imma keep doing wht im doing XD0
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thigh gap = heinous emaciated look 99% of the time.
WOW....I have a thigh gap and I guess that makes me heinous and emaciated, lol. FWIW, I think all women are beautiful with or without a thigh gap. It should have no bearing on one's body image. Good health should be the focus.0 -
I feel kinda special now. I've always had one, even at my top weight. I can't help that I have such wide-set (and proportionally gigantic) hips.0
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thigh gap = heinous emaciated look 99% of the time.
WOW....I have a thigh gap and I guess that makes me heinous and emaciated. Gee, I feel all SWELL now...yeah...thanks.
Ignore those haters. Like OP said, it's about genetics. I, for one, will never have cleavage. :laugh: Glad to have my thigh gap though.0 -
Admittedly, due to my former ED, the Thigh Gap was always my goal. Even as a professional ballerina -- weighing in at 100-105 lbs at the time -- I was never able to obtain the Thigh Gap.
I'm also blessed because my husband tells me how unattractive that is and that most men really don't find that attractive at all. Apparently, and this is new to me... men like a bit of meat! ;-)
Wow, body shaming? I'm not surprised from someone who gender-biases friend requests on their profile... sheesh.
Just needed to say that this is a bizarre comment. :huh: There is no body-shaming in the first quote. And why is it any of your business if she only wants female friends? Sheesh back at ya. :huh: :huh:
Thank you, thistimeismytime
I think she was just trolling me anyway.
lol--I just call 'em like I see 'em! :bigsmile:
Nope, not trolling. Not bizarre, either. Sorry you can't take a moment to comprehend what I said. She genders her friend requests (which itself is bizarre) and then comments, "Men don't like thigh gaps, they like meat on them
" That is body shaming. Women that ARE naturally thin, that lack curves, that do have thigh gaps, etc. are effected by those comments. That is body shaming, and she specifically linked it to attractiveness levels to men (heteronormative) and then on TOP of the weird friend limiting (which is specifically "no guys!"). This strikes me as someone that views a world in a highly cisgendered way, which is not necessarily a good thing.
If that's too much for you to understand, please look up what "body shaming" is, and stop being a negative in the MFP community.
It's bizarre to me how people are told things they don't want to hear, or are met with someone calling them out on ignorant comments, and they instantly think, "Oh, it's just a troll. I won't try to think about what I'm saying!"0 -
I don't even have a tumblr account but searched for the tag to check. Lots of young girls obsessing over it:
http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/thighgap
Omg, what did I just read? Investigating that link made me so sad.
Really depressing. Not what I needed to be reading tonight
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I have a thigh gap even at 140~145lbs.. though it's not as noticeable as when I was 115lbs. Not very attractive with my love handles though. :P Gotta love genetics. I think this is kinda like back dimples (above the butt) you either have them or you dont.0
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People are SO easily offended.
The OP started out, trying to help women who can't look like a magazine feel like it's ok (and it is! I will NEVER look like that) and people are getting offended and ...it's confusing...I'm starting to feel dizzy.
Not everything on this site is as serious as you make it out to be folks. o.x
And I'm a bi girl, I've never noticed a thigh gap.
Silly me I was looking at her face (99% of the time.)0 -
I'm about 5 pounds away from having total thigh gap (the very tops are just barely touching when I stand with my feet together) but when you consider my height and bone structure, I'm still about 10 pounds above my ideal weight. I don't think you have to be or look emaciated to have a thigh gap. I've birthed 3 babies and my hips show it. The result: a thigh gap.0
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Admittedly, due to my former ED, the Thigh Gap was always my goal. Even as a professional ballerina -- weighing in at 100-105 lbs at the time -- I was never able to obtain the Thigh Gap.
I'm also blessed because my husband tells me how unattractive that is and that most men really don't find that attractive at all. Apparently, and this is new to me... men like a bit of meat! ;-)
Wow, body shaming? I'm not surprised from someone who gender-biases friend requests on their profile... sheesh.
Just needed to say that this is a bizarre comment. :huh: There is no body-shaming in the first quote. And why is it any of your business if she only wants female friends? Sheesh back at ya. :huh: :huh:
Thank you, thistimeismytime I think she was just trolling me anyway.
lol--I just call 'em like I see 'em! :bigsmile:
Nope, not trolling. Not bizarre, either. Sorry you can't take a moment to comprehend what I said. She genders her friend requests (which itself is bizarre) and then comments, "Men don't like thigh gaps, they like meat on them" That is body shaming. Women that ARE naturally thin, that lack curves, that do have thigh gaps, etc. are effected by those comments. That is body shaming, and she specifically linked it to attractiveness levels to men (heteronormative) and then on TOP of the weird friend limiting (which is specifically "no guys!"). This strikes me as someone that views a world in a highly cisgendered way, which is not necessarily a good thing.
If that's too much for you to understand, please look up what "body shaming" is, and stop being a negative in the MFP community.
It's bizarre to me how people are told things they don't want to hear, or are met with someone calling them out on ignorant comments, and they instantly think, "Oh, it's just a troll. I won't try to think about what I'm saying!"
:noway: :noway: Ummmm, WoW :noway: :noway:0 -
She was talking about dialogue between her and her husband, through which her husband makes her feel secure and happy with her body. From my point of view- that has nothing to do with you or body shaming, unless you're interested in her husband. You're taking this comment WAY too personally.Admittedly, due to my former ED, the Thigh Gap was always my goal. Even as a professional ballerina -- weighing in at 100-105 lbs at the time -- I was never able to obtain the Thigh Gap.
I'm also blessed because my husband tells me how unattractive that is and that most men really don't find that attractive at all. Apparently, and this is new to me... men like a bit of meat! ;-)
Wow, body shaming? I'm not surprised from someone who gender-biases friend requests on their profile... sheesh.
Just needed to say that this is a bizarre comment. :huh: There is no body-shaming in the first quote. And why is it any of your business if she only wants female friends? Sheesh back at ya. :huh: :huh:
Thank you, thistimeismytime I think she was just trolling me anyway.
lol--I just call 'em like I see 'em! :bigsmile:
Nope, not trolling. Not bizarre, either. Sorry you can't take a moment to comprehend what I said. She genders her friend requests (which itself is bizarre) and then comments, "Men don't like thigh gaps, they like meat on them" That is body shaming. Women that ARE naturally thin, that lack curves, that do have thigh gaps, etc. are effected by those comments. That is body shaming, and she specifically linked it to attractiveness levels to men (heteronormative) and then on TOP of the weird friend limiting (which is specifically "no guys!"). This strikes me as someone that views a world in a highly cisgendered way, which is not necessarily a good thing.
If that's too much for you to understand, please look up what "body shaming" is, and stop being a negative in the MFP community.
It's bizarre to me how people are told things they don't want to hear, or are met with someone calling them out on ignorant comments, and they instantly think, "Oh, it's just a troll. I won't try to think about what I'm saying!"0 -
This is crazy. Growing up in the 80s, when a woman had a "thigh gap," she was stereotyped as being "easy." I remember hearing people make the comment, "Wow....she is so loose that she could straddle a fire hydrant" I cannot figure out what the big deal is about. It is hard enough as a woman just trying to fit into societies view as to what "normal" is. Just another pressure on girls today to try to be perfect....now young girls today have to strive for a "thigh gap." Thank God I have a son!!!
Lol Thank you!! I was beginning to wonder if I was the only one that remembered this 80's reference!0 -
Soooo true. I used to look at myself and think... 'my thighs barly touch... So They can't be THAT big' (most of my weight goes to my thighs... But there we go... I must just have wide hips. because I wouldn't really call my thighs skinny.... They're just wider apart. Haha 0
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She was talking about dialogue between her and her husband, through which her husband makes her feel secure and happy with her body. From my point of view- that has nothing to do with you or body shaming, unless you're interested in her husband. You're taking this comment WAY too personally.
Morebean, thank you for putting it more eloquently than I could. Whenever I run across such pure hatred emanating from another person I tend to get tongue-tied and am unable to properly word a response
Firstsip, just because you feel compelled to judge me freely without knowing me doesn't mean anyone else is judging you with your apparent unforgiving standards. Lighten up.0 -
Gurlzz having da thigh gap don't make u any less pretty. You betta work da thigh gap. Same for da girlz wit no thigh gap. Work dos no gapped thigh like yo life depended on it
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It seems like ppl are getting offended over this post, I thght it just met if u hve one GREAT, id u dnt hve one GREAT ALSO. If u aren't GENETICALLY built to have one, then that you should stop trying to force your body to have one.0
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You know, I may end up with a gap, because I have wide hips, and I may not, because even when I was my ideal weight, I had meaty thighs. I'm okay with that either way. I don't need a gap. I just want to look my very best.0
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& that's fineYou know, I may end up with a gap, because I have wide hips, and I may not, because even when I was my ideal weight, I had meaty thighs. I'm okay with that either way. I don't need a gap. I just want to look my very best.0 -
It seems like ppl are getting offended over this post, I thght it just met if u hve one GREAT, id u dnt hve one GREAT ALSO. If u aren't GENETICALLY built to have one, then that you should stop trying to force your body to have one.
I totally agree with this and myself have wondered what is wrong with my thighs why can't I have a thigh gap...so I am happy to read this and remind myself that we are all created unique and shouldn't try to force our bodies into something it was never meant to be.0 -
Good point!
My thighs are nearly 22 inches around, and they still have somewhat of a gap. Before, at a healthy 120 lbs, I had one. And it's because I have wide hips... Not because I'm "skinny".0 -
I don't even have a tumblr account but searched for the tag to check. Lots of young girls obsessing over it:
http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/thighgap
Omg, what did I just read? Investigating that link made me so sad.
Really depressing. Not what I needed to be reading tonight.
Wow..0 -
Gurlzz having da thigh gap don't make u any less pretty. You betta work da thigh gap. Same for da girlz wit no thigh gap. Work dos no gapped thigh like yo life depended on it
L M A O!!0 -
I always have one too, even when I am chunky. I just have hourglass shape (hips) so I think that's why. Plus when I gain weight, I gain it in my middle/boobs/upper arms and not my legs.0
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I don't know why it's such a big thing to have a gap between your thighs anyway! My sister has one and I've always thought it look kinda nasty! I know I will never have it because I have big thighs! So what's the big hoop
I agree, i think the second model looks much better, the first model does look good, but i dont think her thigh gap is that big. Women with more extreme thigh gaps in my opinion look awful and id hate to have one0 -
I had never seen so much hype on thigh gaps until I came here.. its realy crazy that above all, thats your goal... not to be healthy or have solid thighs but to actually make a gap thats virtually impossible for most.. THAT ****S CRAZY lol..0
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I don't even have a tumblr account but searched for the tag to check. Lots of young girls obsessing over it:
http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/thighgap
That's horrible!0
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