Hesitated before posting but I feel I have to say something about this seemingly innocuous post instead of just scrolling past. It makes me question a few assumptions.
Just wondering why on earth it should matter to anyone what shape anyone else is? Where is this code to be found that I or other women are supposed to be holding to?
As a child I had enough prejudice from my own father (telling me I was a yard of pump water; then post-puberty, instructing me to stick my chest out because I had barely got one; often slapping my rear and chortling that it would make an excellent bookshelf) and mother, who frequently told me what problems I caused her because my arms were too long - same with my waist, apparently, and to be sure to hide my scraggy neck with a scarf - and to use peroxide on my upper lip and teeth...is it any wonder I had zero self esteem and body image - and still, 60 years later, struggle massively with it?
It would be interesting to hear if you ever judge the many shapes of men in the same way. Or do females have an unwritten obligation to either delight all their beholders (which men escape) or render themselves invisible because they failed in the model stakes?
I find it really sad that the perpetuation of stereotypes and stigma is still going on. I am also sad that I can still be the unwitting cause of disgust in others, but secure at least that it is not my problem any longer but entirely theirs. sorry for the rant. A nerve was touched.
. Please dont apologise for 'the rant' I thought it expressed things much better than my sarky comments.
