I am fat. I used to be more fat, and I used to be less fat. But, I am my current body, and I am fat.
An excellent post came across my feed reader at Everyday Sociology. The blog post details several of the reasons why the ideal women’s body shape and size has been influenced by the media and by the social environment.
Several people point out that larger women are the ideal in many countries around the world. Many of these countries, and indeed within history, those in impoverished economic conditions prefer those who are larger, as a symbol of abundance. The article above points out that in the middle of the Great Depression, magazine articles were about weight gain, and not weight loss.
So, ponder why we let the media dictate our preferences. Why do we let the media get away with it?
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