Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Skinny or Fat?

Where do we draw the line? 











 Women all over the United States are highly influenced by what they see around them in the media (magazines, movies, t.v. etc..) We are under a lot of pressure to conform to what society deems "desirable." Take a look around you, open up a fashion magazine, watch a few Hollywood movies, and pay attention to celebrities. Do you see what I see? Super models are so gaunt and look like waifs.  They are tall, skinny giraffes that look like a corpse.  Thanks to fashion designers across the world, they have made this the gold standard of how a woman should look. Please explain to me how it is normal and healthy to be a size zero? Most of these supermodels are under so much pressure to keep this zombie-like appearance that they have to maintain this "look" by blowing coke, smoking, and choosing a eating disorder of their fancy. According to statistics, models went from weighing 8% all the way up to 23% less than the average american woman.  It is proven that this is clinically anorexic. What happened to the era of the 1950's when celebrities had healthy figures such as Marilyn Monroe? This epidemic is not only affecting women with weight anxieties & negative body images, but even girls as young as 6 years old! In my personal experience, when I go shopping for new clothes I always see that the XS, S sizes are left and the M, L, XL are not there.  There is a reason why I keep seeing that pattern, do you have any idea why? because most women are NOT THAT SMALL!!  
Which brings me to the next part of my debate: Plus size models.  Plus size models originally started from a size 10-12 & have decreased down to a size 8. Most of these models that are representing this new world of plus size modeling are a size 14 & up.  NEWSFLASH: Size 8 IS NOT PLUS SIZE!  That is a healthy weight that is nowhere near the word "plus."  So let me get this straight, to promote plus size modeling, they are now showing extremely overweight women (size 14 & up) to prove a point that you don't have to look like you died? So there are models that look like they have been resurrected from the grave and models that look like they are so fat that they can barely move.  There is nothing healthy about being that overweight. Being overweight decreases mortality by leading to heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and a million other risk factors that are a result of obesity!  Media is asking us to pick our poison: Do you want to suffer from anorexia/bulimia or an over eating disorder? 
 You're doing a disservice to women by displaying it this way.  There shouldn't even be a category of "plus size" modeling, there should be models that are a healthy weight...PERIOD!  Look at the pictures I posted above, you would have to be blind not to see the extreme difference by the point I am trying to prove! Case closed! 

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