When was it decided that women had to be thin? Why? Where did the corner turn form likeing full figuredesque women? When did the programming for women change that they had to be the pleasure-able figure for men, why do we put ourselves through these things. I have a couple of good friends that are just as frustrated as I am with their appearance, I happened to think why do we have to change our appearance in order to look more astetically pleasing, isn't there more important things that we could be focusing our time on. Sure I would like to loose weight but it's more because I hate the fact that I get winded so easliy and I know that if I continue with the weight that I am I will succumb to health problems later in life, such as diabetes that runs in my families, both sides. I am trying to make the effort to change my lifestyle now before I have to train another human being what is right.
I see these programs coming up about "Honey, We are killing the kids" on TLC and it concerns me that we have to create programs such as this to teach and alert families of this unhealthy eating to families. It makes me wonder where the chain got started, the parents learned from their parents or they are just working too hard to make ends meet that they have little time to put into teaching healthy eating habits, and due to time contrants parents pick up dinner from some fast food restaurant or order in or just throw a TV dinner in the microwave to feed the kids quick. I know that it is because of the need to have more money to make ends meet, back in the day of our grandparents raising our parents moms stayed home to raise the kids because they were taught it wasn't right for the woman to be out in the workforce. So they had time to make meals and I grew up in the midwest were everyone had a garden to supplement what they couldn't afford to buy at the store.
Back to the women's view of needing to look thin and perfect, I know it comes from seeing these waif thin women in the magazines, I watch "America's Next Top Model" occasionally and my favorites have been women with a little meat on their bones, these women that don't have any curves or you can see their collar bone so do not appeal to me. Britney Spears, Miranda Lambert and Gretchen Wilson, are all women that appeal for me to acheive their bodies, they aren't waif thin but they have toned what they have so that it isn't flabby and they are happy with it, they eat what they want but then work it off so that it doesn't get to be out of hand...
I don't know where this all stared but I wish there was a way to stop this I hate to imagine my little niece having to struggle with her body image...I want to teach her to love herself and what she looks like no matter what.
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I think it really started with Twiggy in the 60's. She was the super, ridiculously thin model. I think she may have been "the next look." From Twiggy, right on down to heroine chic, our children are being forced-fed the lie that thiness will make you happy, loved and secure.
I am all for healthy weights. For goodness sake, I have been trying (and not trying) to achieve a healthly weight for over 15 years (wow... I just realized that). The point is, however, it's only healthy if you're doing it for the right reasons. Health and medical concerns pass, but beauty and fashion do not. I think it's dangerous to tell people who and what is sexy and appealing. It's supposed to be in the eye of the beholder. Besides, 85% of men actually like women with a little meat on their bones. How much meat is a little debatable, but most will tell you that seeing bones through ones skins is not the way to a man's heart. I think the media should do a few shows like "Look, honey, we're only care about appearances." and "Hey you, fatty, you're not good enough for my world." and "I won't love you until you lose weight."
I mean, when you get right down to it, they are trying to mask health concerns with the underlying message that you need to look a certain way and weight the perfect amount. In fact, did you know that there are people out there who want to make obesity and being overweight illegal? ILLEGAL? Put down the potato chip, or I'll shoot! I hope they make smoking illegal first.
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