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Ok, here's something I've been thinking about for a while...
In today's society most of the people in the public eye are thin, ya? I'm constantly hearing complaining about this, and that they should have more "normal sized woman" in media, and that these woman are bad for young girls self esteem and all of that... anorexia is a huge problem in our society, and lots of people have self image problems because of it, right?
Now before I move on I just want to say, I don't mean any offence to bigger people by any means, you don't have to be thin to be beautiful, not at all, there is no difference in my mind personally in people's beauty due to weight.
But is this really a battle worth fighting? Everyone keeps saying media figures should look more like everyday people. But let us now think about North America, and Western culture in general. What do we have a bigger problem with Anorexia, or Obesity? Our problem in this society is not being too thin, but being too big, people are eating to a point where it's making them unhealthy, is that something we want to encourage more in the media. And especially when more then half of the world does not have enough food to get by on. We have so much, and excess ourselves in it so often, that our average sized person has more body fat then they require, is that somthing to be proud of? When people are starving?
I am by no means too skinny, but I get people telling me i'd better go eat something and put meat on my bones and shit. Well frankly, I'd rather not eat unless I'm hungry, and if I feel like pigging out for no reason, or eating more then I need...I'd rather remind myself of the starving mothers and fathers in Africa and lots of others places in the world who don't even have enough food to keep their children alive. Because that's a real problem. I'm not saying self image is not something to be concerned about, I'm just saying instead of people torturing themselves about being fat, just remember everything you have, that most of the world doesn't. And if you want to complain about models being too thin, maybe just remember that they are not hurting anybody but themselves by being to thin. The way I see obesity is instead of buying that extra pack of snacks, maybe you sponcer a child or something with that money, it solves both the weight problem your having so much trouble with, and helps keep a child ALIVE!
This is just something thats been really bothering me latley...That people in our society even have the oppertunity to have "weight problems" when there are so many hungry people out there just desturbs me to my bones. And I Know that I'm part of the problem.
Just please think about it ok?
So here's the challange: Everytime you go to purchase, or eat a piece of food that your body does not really really need, take that money and put it towards sponcering a child or something...If we could all do this it could make such a difference in the world.
In today's society most of the people in the public eye are thin, ya? I'm constantly hearing complaining about this, and that they should have more "normal sized woman" in media, and that these woman are bad for young girls self esteem and all of that... anorexia is a huge problem in our society, and lots of people have self image problems because of it, right?
Now before I move on I just want to say, I don't mean any offence to bigger people by any means, you don't have to be thin to be beautiful, not at all, there is no difference in my mind personally in people's beauty due to weight.
But is this really a battle worth fighting? Everyone keeps saying media figures should look more like everyday people. But let us now think about North America, and Western culture in general. What do we have a bigger problem with Anorexia, or Obesity? Our problem in this society is not being too thin, but being too big, people are eating to a point where it's making them unhealthy, is that something we want to encourage more in the media. And especially when more then half of the world does not have enough food to get by on. We have so much, and excess ourselves in it so often, that our average sized person has more body fat then they require, is that somthing to be proud of? When people are starving?
I am by no means too skinny, but I get people telling me i'd better go eat something and put meat on my bones and shit. Well frankly, I'd rather not eat unless I'm hungry, and if I feel like pigging out for no reason, or eating more then I need...I'd rather remind myself of the starving mothers and fathers in Africa and lots of others places in the world who don't even have enough food to keep their children alive. Because that's a real problem. I'm not saying self image is not something to be concerned about, I'm just saying instead of people torturing themselves about being fat, just remember everything you have, that most of the world doesn't. And if you want to complain about models being too thin, maybe just remember that they are not hurting anybody but themselves by being to thin. The way I see obesity is instead of buying that extra pack of snacks, maybe you sponcer a child or something with that money, it solves both the weight problem your having so much trouble with, and helps keep a child ALIVE!
This is just something thats been really bothering me latley...That people in our society even have the oppertunity to have "weight problems" when there are so many hungry people out there just desturbs me to my bones. And I Know that I'm part of the problem.
Just please think about it ok?
So here's the challange: Everytime you go to purchase, or eat a piece of food that your body does not really really need, take that money and put it towards sponcering a child or something...If we could all do this it could make such a difference in the world.