While you know by now I'm very much against the skeletonization of the female form, I have to point out that if you ask the average guy on the street, he will pick a svelte woman over a stick. Most of the appearance related propoganda is being pushed by men who don't like women in the first place. The fashion world is ruled not by straight, overbearing patriarchs if you haven't noticed, nor is Hollywood.
I will give you that women have gotten a short thrift throughout history (massive understatement) but when it comes to fashion, etc. don't point fingers at the evil straight male.
Look to Kate White (cosmo), Bonnie Fuller (YM, Cosmo, Mairie Claire, Glamour), Valentino Garavani (Designer and gay man),Tom Ford (Gucci designer who went solo and a gay man), Donatella Versace (transvestite right??;) ).
These people tell america and american women what is beautiful and amazingly enough the form they choose is most often a tall, thin and very boyish female form. I think while the media may present that image and on the surface men pay lip service to it, generally the bulk of us prefer curves.
If fashion models, fashion magazines and Hollywood started presenting a more reasonable (and healthy) female form alot of these eating disorders would diminish.
I encourage my children to make healthy choices, using myself as an example of bad choices. Other than restricting sweets because of behavior and health, I would never tell my kids they had to drink diet coke and could only have a salad.
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I will give you that women have gotten a short thrift throughout history (massive understatement) but when it comes to fashion, etc. don't point fingers at the evil straight male.
Look to Kate White (cosmo), Bonnie Fuller (YM, Cosmo, Mairie Claire, Glamour), Valentino Garavani (Designer and gay man),Tom Ford (Gucci designer who went solo and a gay man), Donatella Versace (transvestite right??;) ).
These people tell america and american women what is beautiful and amazingly enough the form they choose is most often a tall, thin and very boyish female form. I think while the media may present that image and on the surface men pay lip service to it, generally the bulk of us prefer curves.
If fashion models, fashion magazines and Hollywood started presenting a more reasonable (and healthy) female form alot of these eating disorders would diminish.
I encourage my children to make healthy choices, using myself as an example of bad choices. Other than restricting sweets because of behavior and health, I would never tell my kids they had to drink diet coke and could only have a salad.