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In response to body size discussions / definition of "real women";
There are two sides on the coin.
I have a very slim figure and frequently get those good old "anorexic" jabs from peers, as well as what people often feel is supporting positive body image by promoting larger figures and often outright abusing thin girls. Shouldn't positive body image mean being comfortable with the skin you're in, no matter what that is? The freakishly slender included? It's something that really upsets me as I've always had a fairly negative view of my body and being slagged off by randoms for being a stick is hardly confidence-boosting.
To clarify, there is no way that i'm against larger girls. I certainly find curves far sexier than a straight up and down girlboy body like mine, but that's just my opinion. It's all subjective, and each woman is beautiful in her own ways. Calling a thin girl unnatural, anorexic, or not a real woman is just as harmful and offensive as saying derogatory things to larger girls. When you degrade a thin woman based on her size you are being "sizeist" and contributing to the problem. It's the same with any other form of discrimination - it swings both ways.
I do agree that the image of the glamourously thin is overplayed, and is a ball and chain to women when we are told that all of us should be like this. However there is no way in hell that this justifies an anti-smaller-sizes attitude. The key word is, equality.
There are two sides on the coin.
I have a very slim figure and frequently get those good old "anorexic" jabs from peers, as well as what people often feel is supporting positive body image by promoting larger figures and often outright abusing thin girls. Shouldn't positive body image mean being comfortable with the skin you're in, no matter what that is? The freakishly slender included? It's something that really upsets me as I've always had a fairly negative view of my body and being slagged off by randoms for being a stick is hardly confidence-boosting.
To clarify, there is no way that i'm against larger girls. I certainly find curves far sexier than a straight up and down girlboy body like mine, but that's just my opinion. It's all subjective, and each woman is beautiful in her own ways. Calling a thin girl unnatural, anorexic, or not a real woman is just as harmful and offensive as saying derogatory things to larger girls. When you degrade a thin woman based on her size you are being "sizeist" and contributing to the problem. It's the same with any other form of discrimination - it swings both ways.
I do agree that the image of the glamourously thin is overplayed, and is a ball and chain to women when we are told that all of us should be like this. However there is no way in hell that this justifies an anti-smaller-sizes attitude. The key word is, equality.