cumhardy wrote:
Sorry, but to say that fat girls have a harder life that thin girls is crap. There is just as much anti-thin propaganda in the media, possibly more because its now seen as un-PC to make fun of overweight people but its fine to have headlines like "Shockingly Thin Celebs!" etc.
Ive have overweight girlfriends and underweight girlfriends in the past, and they all had issues about the way they looked. The big difference ive noticed is that people find it much more acceptable to make comments about a skinny girl to her face.
I agree the media doesnt help, it portrays the perfect woman as thin waisted, big tits, blonde and the perfect man has huge biceps and a six-pack and nobody looks like that in real life, but making comments like:
lust wrote:. Also, i see a lot nearly anorexic women, who think that they are the sexiest human being, but they're not!
Doesnt help either!
You make a number of fine points with this post and your previous ones.
This is something that irritates me quite a bit. I'm 5'5" and 114 lbs. (164cm and 52kg), which makes my BMI 19.0. This is in the range of "normal" when it comes to body fat. I'm on the low end of normal, but *not* underweight. Yet, i've lost count of how many times i've gotten comments suggesting i'm too thin. It's *always* from other women.
My body weight will fluctuate up and down about 10 lbs from my current weight to 125lbs or so at its highest. This depends on my eating habits, and how active I am. But this is my natural body weight. It's quite unnerving to have heavier girls flat out insult me, as if i'm starving myself, and find it perfectly acceptable.
Never in my life have I seen a heavier girl trying on a bathing suit while shopping and said, "Damn girl, you need to loose a few lbs". I have never been out to dinner with someone heavier and said, "Sweetie, you need to stop eating now, that's what's making you fat". Yet, it seems perfectly acceptable for strangers to make comments to me on how I look in a bathing suit, and for people to tell me to keep eating when i'm full.
At least here in the States, there are so many overweight people, that the general perception of what represents a normal healthy figure is completely skewed. Food portions are out of control. Technology makes it increasingly easier to do increasingly less and less physical activity. I spent half a year in Europe not too long ago and didn't receive a single negative comment about my figure. I saw a distinct difference in the body types there, as opposed to what I see here in the States.
I don't think the OP sought out to insult anyone. But from my perspective, it's the same insult I hear thrown at me plenty often. In all likelihood, I *am* the 'skinny girl who thinks she's the sexiest human being', that he's mentioning. But from my point of view, this is my natural body weight, i'm well within the range of normal in the eyes of science & medicine, I know i'm attractive, and i'm not going to apologize for it simply because other people with differing body type preferences have another opinion to give.
-L