Why am I a raving lunatic?
I don't feel like I can mention ANYTHING feminist in 3D without peoples' eyes going glazed over, lately. I've had several mini-flounces, shunnings or just people drawing back from what I'm guessing they think is my 'extremism', here and online
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The reason I agree with Kate Harding's statement "fat is a feminist issue" ties into this, actually - a few of the reports on those studies that I came across spoke of how men tend to gain weight in an apple pattern, whereas women tend more towards pear (again, YMMV, this is a generality at best). But women seem to be the ones that get the most hung up on weight and weight issues...
I guess at this point it just seems like we're still dealing with such a grey area that the best we can do is make statements about "generally" that do not fit across the board - and the human animal REALLY WANTS to categorise, so people turn "possibly"s into "this means this for sure"? These sorts of things would be more your area than mine, oh Psych major. ;)
The chocolate comment nearly killed me - On the few occasions I've had more than a Jaffa or two in any one day I've had reflux so bad Mylanta couldn't cure it.
And research notwithstanding, we come back to "what will them telling me off for my body achieve?" I was already overweight and pregnant, and not eating properly during pregnancy is almost a guarantee for an unhealthy, under-developed baby.
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