How we see women today

MaeRay007
MaeRay007 Posts: 68 Member
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You should check this out, it's crazy how much has changed.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/22/art-history-photoshopped_n_5367171.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular Interesting take on art's famous nudes and were photoshop to fit today's image of beauty.
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  • TRIX5884
    TRIX5884 Posts: 318 Member
    wow! That's so crazy - but it's so true - the perception today is outrageous!
  • EddieHaskell97
    EddieHaskell97 Posts: 2,227 Member
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  • cjazz72
    cjazz72 Posts: 80 Member
    Think thats nuts. This is an actual photo shoot from start to finish then goes into photoshop to alter the model.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17j5QzF3kqE
  • BlackDaisy85
    BlackDaisy85 Posts: 151 Member
    what i don't understand is why thin people get offended by things like this. they say things like "stop skinny shaming. we are naturally this way, etc.". well good for you, but no one can eat indiscriminately without gaining weight without counting their portions and calories at some point. if they are "naturally" thin its because they "naturally" ate less their whole lives which gave them the body they have now. the fact of the matter is that most people struggle with their weight in one way or another because the human being is trying to survive and hold on to weight. its the way we're built.
  • PRMinx
    PRMinx Posts: 4,585 Member
    what i don't understand is why thin people get offended by things like this. they say things like "stop skinny shaming. we are naturally this way, etc.". well good for you, but no one can eat indiscriminately without gaining weight without counting their portions and calories at some point. if they are "naturally" thin its because they "naturally" ate less their whole lives which gave them the body they have now. the fact of the matter is that most people struggle with their weight in one way or another because the human being is trying to survive and hold on to weight. its the way we're built.

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  • morag_p2014
    morag_p2014 Posts: 39
    I will just leave this here. Quietly.

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  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
    with my eyes
  • CitizenXVIII
    CitizenXVIII Posts: 117 Member
    Not endorsing photo alteration or unhealthily skinny models in any way, but...

    In the renaissance, fat was beautiful because it was a sign of wealth. The average woman during that period would have been very thin, simply from a lack of food. Being overweight was a status symbol that said you had so much money you could afford to be fat. It's simply not apples to apples to compare beauty standards from other time periods to today. It has gone from the aristocracy being overweight and the common man being tragically thin to the reverse.
  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
    Think thats nuts. This is an actual photo shoot from start to finish then goes into photoshop to alter the model.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17j5QzF3kqE

    try this one.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hnvoz91k8hc
  • sunflowerhippi
    sunflowerhippi Posts: 1,099 Member
    Not endorsing photo alteration or unhealthily skinny models in any way, but...

    In the renaissance, fat was beautiful because it was a sign of wealth. The average woman during that period would have been very thin, simply from a lack of food. Being overweight was a status symbol that said you had so much money you could afford to be fat. It's simply not apples to apples to compare beauty standards from other time periods to today. It has gone from the aristocracy being overweight and the common man being tragically thin to the reverse.

    This. I thought of that too with those painting how what was considered attractive back then had a lot to do with the why it was found attractive. Money and power being the main things.
  • Guns_N_Buns
    Guns_N_Buns Posts: 1,899 Member
    Pierre-Auguste Renoir loved depicting women as very curvy/full. It was a sign of health, wealth and childbearing competency.
  • miss_jessiejane
    miss_jessiejane Posts: 2,819 Member
    Basically, what's happening is what's always happened, right? Society says what's rare is beautiful and coveted. So when it was easy to be thin, you should want to be heavy, and when it's easy to be heavy, you should want to to be thin. So...how about we all just decide for ourselves what we want our bodies to look like, and tell society to suck it?
  • nmncare
    nmncare Posts: 168 Member
    Blocked at work. Coming back to this later.
  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
    Basically, what's happening is what's always happened, right? Society says what's rare is beautiful and coveted. So when it was easy to be thin, you should want to be heavy, and when it's easy to be heavy, you should want to to be thin. So...how about we all just decide for ourselves what we want our bodies to look like, and tell society to suck it?

    all them old men getting rich off our hatred of our bodies ugh

    I agree
  • GorillaNJ
    GorillaNJ Posts: 4,024 Member
    Basically, what's happening is what's always happened, right? Society says what's rare is beautiful and coveted. So when it was easy to be thin, you should want to be heavy, and when it's easy to be heavy, you should want to to be thin. So...how about we all just decide for ourselves what we want our bodies to look like, and tell society to suck it?

    i think your missing the point.... time travel is needed desperately. duh
  • Always_Belle
    Always_Belle Posts: 73 Member
    Insightful but I have always heard that the curvier women of the depicted age was considered beautiful due to circumstances such as ranking, power, wealth, etc.
  • Mischievous_Rascal
    Mischievous_Rascal Posts: 1,791 Member
    Basically, what's happening is what's always happened, right? Society says what's rare is beautiful and coveted. So when it was easy to be thin, you should want to be heavy, and when it's easy to be heavy, you should want to to be thin. So...how about we all just decide for ourselves what we want our bodies to look like, and tell society to suck it?

    HIGH FIVE!!!
  • laurenawolf
    laurenawolf Posts: 262 Member
    coming back to see later. blocked at work
  • Sovi_
    Sovi_ Posts: 575 Member
    There are so many different shapes and sizes. Can't we just let people be happy how they are?
  • heatherloveslifting
    heatherloveslifting Posts: 1,428 Member
    There are so many different shapes and sizes. Can't we just let people be happy how they are?

    :heart:
  • mank32
    mank32 Posts: 1,323 Member
    Not endorsing photo alteration or unhealthily skinny models in any way, but...

    In the renaissance, fat was beautiful because it was a sign of wealth. The average woman during that period would have been very thin, simply from a lack of food. Being overweight was a status symbol that said you had so much money you could afford to be fat. It's simply not apples to apples to compare beauty standards from other time periods to today. It has gone from the aristocracy being overweight and the common man being tragically thin to the reverse.


    ...AND let's not forget being "tanned": the fat aristocracy also wanted lily-white skin, which was a sure sign of not slaving away in the cropfields all day. ...until MUCH later, when folks started to "vacation" at the French Riviera. THEN sun-kissed skin began its assocation with wealth.
  • MissChyna
    MissChyna Posts: 358 Member
    There are so many different shapes and sizes. Can't we just let people be happy how they are?

    :heart:

    Amen
  • LankyYankee
    LankyYankee Posts: 260 Member
    Basically, what's happening is what's always happened, right? Society says what's rare is beautiful and coveted. So when it was easy to be thin, you should want to be heavy, and when it's easy to be heavy, you should want to to be thin. So...how about we all just decide for ourselves what we want our bodies to look like, and tell society to suck it?

    :heart: :smooched: :drinker: :flowerforyou:

    Exactly this
  • The_Enginerd
    The_Enginerd Posts: 3,982 Member
    Not endorsing photo alteration or unhealthily skinny models in any way, but...

    In the renaissance, fat was beautiful because it was a sign of wealth. The average woman during that period would have been very thin, simply from a lack of food. Being overweight was a status symbol that said you had so much money you could afford to be fat. It's simply not apples to apples to compare beauty standards from other time periods to today. It has gone from the aristocracy being overweight and the common man being tragically thin to the reverse.


    ...AND let's not forget being "tanned": the fat aristocracy also wanted lily-white skin, which was a sure sign of not slaving away in the cropfields all day. ...until MUCH later, when folks started to "vacation" at the French Riviera. THEN sun-kissed skin began its assocation with wealth.
    And what culture you are in as well. In other parts of the world, there are people looking to lighten their skin or fatten themselves up for beauty.
  • CitizenXVIII
    CitizenXVIII Posts: 117 Member
    Basically, what's happening is what's always happened, right? Society says what's rare is beautiful and coveted. So when it was easy to be thin, you should want to be heavy, and when it's easy to be heavy, you should want to to be thin. So...how about we all just decide for ourselves what we want our bodies to look like, and tell society to suck it?

    That's... pretty accurate. The hardest to attain look has typically been the most desired.

    I think (hope) that we are trending towards a society that values what is healthy above all else. Besides, we have so many other ways to be what we perceive individually as beautiful today than simple body shape. We aren't constrained to one hairstyle/clothing style/etc./etc. like we once were. (Unless you live in North Korea)
  • tquill
    tquill Posts: 300 Member
    Basically, what's happening is what's always happened, right? Society says what's rare is beautiful and coveted. So when it was easy to be thin, you should want to be heavy, and when it's easy to be heavy, you should want to to be thin. So...how about we all just decide for ourselves what we want our bodies to look like, and tell society to suck it?

    We comprise society. When people stop buying cosmo or shape with fit people on the covers... that's "society's" (aka, our) way of saying that's what we prefer.

    I agree with your post completely though.
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    That may be the way we perceive beauty today, but that is not the way it is. As a whole America is getting fatter.

    If you don't believe me, ask Charles Barkley.
  • rjmudlax13
    rjmudlax13 Posts: 900 Member
    Basically, what's happening is what's always happened, right? Society says what's rare is beautiful and coveted. So when it was easy to be thin, you should want to be heavy, and when it's easy to be heavy, you should want to to be thin. So...how about we all just decide for ourselves what we want our bodies to look like, and tell society to suck it?


    YEAH! Where is this "society" guy so I can punch him in the face!

    Oh...wait.
  • rjmudlax13
    rjmudlax13 Posts: 900 Member
    Basically, what's happening is what's always happened, right? Society says what's rare is beautiful and coveted. So when it was easy to be thin, you should want to be heavy, and when it's easy to be heavy, you should want to to be thin. So...how about we all just decide for ourselves what we want our bodies to look like, and tell society to suck it?

    We comprise society. When people stop buying cosmo or shape with fit people on the covers... that's "society's" (aka, our) way of saying that's what we prefer.

    I agree with your post completely though.

    At least some one gets it.
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