Full Figured Women On TV (My daily Rant)

While I know every woman on this site is out to change their body image or perhaps tone up a part of their body I just want to say please don't be offended by what I am about to say. I promise you it is nothing negative towards you.
I am and always have been attracted to women with curves rather they be curvy, voluptuous, full figured or plus sized. My lovely girlfriend would be beautiful at any weight (She is just trying to become more beautiful in her own eyes by losing weight along with me)
My complaint is on television there is a weird absence and double standard when it comes to full figured women. When I wake up in the morning and turn on my local news channel the two lead anchors are chunky and overweight (one would be considered obese) while the two lady co anchors are so skinny you could see their rib cage through their clothes.
On sitcoms big guys always have skinny wives (King Of Queens, According To Jim, and so one) I mean every time there is a plus size female character her husband is just as big (Rosanne, Mike & Molly) or in the case of Plus Size Diva the full figured character is really a skinny model who dies and is returned to life stuck in the body of a big girl (Ouch)
Is it too much to ask for more characters who waist size is more than that of my 10 year old daughter? I am not saying I want more women on TV to be a certain size but it wouldn't hurt to have a wee bit more diversity. Women can be shown as attractive and beautiful even if they are not size zeroes right?
I guess I rambled on too much but I was just curious if anyone else feels the same way or am I just being a nut who is grumpy because I am on a diet lol

Drop Dead Diva. It is called DROP DEAD DIVA. Hahahaha.

Unfortunately, women drive the industry. We're our own worst enemies and biggest critics. I don't know the actual psychology (psych majors, were are you??!), but fashion magazines, commercials, and sitcoms wouldn't feature [only] skinny women if the average American woman would stop criticising her fellow female.

From a girl's perspective, yep, this bugs me a lot, to the point of anger sometimes. Just once, Once can we please have a protagonist with a bit of chub, doesn't have to be heaps, (although that would be fine too), just sick of only ever seeing healthy BMI girls on the telly,

While we're at it, why are so many men portrayed as complete idiots? King of Queens is a good example ... The husband couldn't make it a day without his 'hot wife' ... why? It's like Homer Simpson in the flesh ... why can't there be more shows that portray a couple that respects each others' strengths and weaknesses, and uses them to be awesome, good people??

I don't watch a lot of television because I think the average prime time television show sucks *kitten*.

While we're at it, why are so many men portrayed as complete idiots? King of Queens is a good example ... The husband couldn't make it a day without his 'hot wife' ... why? It's like Homer Simpson in the flesh ... why can't there be more shows that portray a couple that respects each others' strengths and weaknesses, and uses them to be awesome, good people??

I don't watch a lot of television because I think the average prime time television show sucks *kitten*.

easy answer, that would be boring to watch.

I dont know if you watched Reba but Barbra Jean started out as a big girl. In the end when she lost all of her weight her and her husband split up. He liked her better like she was I believe.

While we're at it, why are so many men portrayed as complete idiots? King of Queens is a good example ... The husband couldn't make it a day without his 'hot wife' ... why? It's like Homer Simpson in the flesh ... why can't there be more shows that portray a couple that respects each others' strengths and weaknesses, and uses them to be awesome, good people??

I don't watch a lot of television because I think the average prime time television show sucks *kitten*.

easy answer, that would be boring to watch.

So our options are boring or negative toward men? ... there's a reason I only watch the History channel ...

Ok but what about shows where thin attractive women are treated like they are fat and ugly? I am thinking of Liz Lemon on 30 Rock and Dee on Always Sunny in Philidelphia. It's weird.

IMO women perpetuate the stereotype that even if you're hot and/or smart, you're going to be put down for one thing or another.

It's always bothered me, even more so now that my son is preteen and noticing these things and now I have a daughter. I always want my kids to know people are beautiful inside and out, no matter how they appear. But unfortuantly it get's shoved down our throats, to be beautiful you have to have perfect skin, great boobs, ribs showing and a waist that's smaller then the average child's. I'm not saying don't be healthy, but there are all kinds of beautiful and that is the message that should be shared more often.

Drop Dead Diva

I just started watching that show from the beginning, and one episode I watched I LAUGHED. I work in a plus size clothing store, and when the character said she was a size 16, I just had to go PFFFFFFTTTTT! And then there was a judge that said she was a size 16. Now compare those two characters, and I would say Miss Drop Dead Diva, is actually an 18 or 20.

That pissed me off too. They lied about the size. Shows need to be MORE realistic.

would it matter where the shows based/filmed? their sizes could be a bit different

Skinny people seem to see overweight/big people as funny.
But what they don't know or don't see is that we are hurting on the inside, yes we may laugh and joke about and that's to keep ourselves happy. We can laugh and joke with every one else, I have provrn this to myself many times over. I have been fat, i have been thin many times over through out my life and yes i have laughed and joked about but to be totaly honest i was hurting and hated myself on te inside.
I went through a lot of things that i wuoldn't wish on my worst enemy when i was growing up and in my mind this is what lead to my weight issues. The biggest one of all was my mother telling me at every chance she had or when ever her mouth wasn't shoved full with food not only off her plate but off my father's at how fat i was. I would eat less and she would eat more ( as you see i had a very supportive mother). When i got married i was 64 kilos's ( sorry no idea what that is in pounds) the first thing she told me was lose weight he will leave you before you get married. These words still ring in my ears and i have now been married for 25 years ( so i am happy to have proved her very wrong there). i still have my hang ups now and i doubt that they will ever fully go away hurtful words and actions tend to stay with you a hell of a long time.
It seems to be ok to have the fat jolly male on tv but having a non stereo typical fattish female on tv seems so wrong and out of place. Where have all the standards gone fat thin or different every one should be given a fair go on their merits and not be judged for their weight issues there are many reasons behind being over weight or being pencil thin.
We are who we are and we are all unique and should be looked upon in the way we want to be looked upon as the loving and caring people we are on the inside.

Here endith my rant..lol.

While we're at it, why are so many men portrayed as complete idiots? King of Queens is a good example ... The husband couldn't make it a day without his 'hot wife' ... why? It's like Homer Simpson in the flesh ... why can't there be more shows that portray a couple that respects each others' strengths and weaknesses, and uses them to be awesome, good people??

I don't watch a lot of television because I think the average prime time television show sucks *kitten*.

easy answer, that would be boring to watch.

So our options are boring or negative toward men? ... there's a reason I only watch the History channel ...

i dont just mean negativity towards men, theres lots of shows negative towards women as well, or just downright offensive, or stupid beyond comprehension, or theres the dramas, im just saything that if you take a confident, self respecting couple that have a wonderful relationship and accomplish their goals together, it has the potential to make boring tv. i dont really understand how you find the history channel any more stimulating, but to each their own i guess

I don't understand how anyone could find a show entertaining that was derogatory toward anyone, really. Men, women, children, guidos, teen moms ... why does everyone want to see the struggles and suffering of others?

Hmmm I dunno. I would think Canada/USA are pretty close if not maybe exact, where say UK, totally different. I love the show and I love that it's a plus sized female lead char, but it could be a bit misleading to those that see, " Oh so THAT is what a size 16 is supposed to look like"

Just like how we see models in magazines and on the runways. I am glad that there is starting to be more advertising of plus size.

I know where you are coming from, I would like to see more "real" sized women on TV. And I don't mean shows that go to great pains to emphasize the "I'm big and I'm beautiful, dammit" message..... just shows where women are a healthy weight, or overweight, but without it being the focal point of the show.

I regularly get annoyed with my husband who always points out how BIG one of the newsreaders on breakfast TV is. I think she's gorgeous and while she probably is overweight, I don't think it's something that needs to be pointed out. She's there to do a job, just like the other people on the show and her size shouldn't and doesn't affect her ability to read the news or sit on the couch and crack jokes with the male host.