I watched the start of a program tonight called How To Look Good Naked. I watched for about five minutes before I changed channels in disgust. It was about a woman who hated her legs and butt so much that she’d worn tights both summer and winter for years and never appeared naked in front of her husband. Whenever they made love she wore tights because she hated her legs so much. They asked her to strip to her bra and panties and honestly, she looked fine to me. She was very pretty and while she was a traditional pear-shape, there was nothing wrong with her that I could see and my hubby agreed.
They showed a group of seven women arranged in body size and asked her to slot herself in where she thought she would fit. She put herself at the larger end of the scale when in fact she was the second smallest of all the women in size.
I just don’t get this! Are we all so brainwashed that we think small and skinny is perfect? The seven women they showed all looked fine to me as well. Yes they all had curves but they looked feminine! Advertisers need to stop with their airbrushing and photo manipulation. Quite frankly, perfect is boring. If having curves is a flaw, then too bad. I vote for curves and natural body shapes. I was so angry with the woman I wanted to shake her. I see a book coming in the future…my future…
Both hubby and I like the Dove ads that show women in all their various shapes and sizes. They all look beautiful to me.
Opinions? Comments?
It’s scary how much our perceptions have changed. I’m raising two girls and I’m already having to tell them they’re not fat and no, they don’t need a diet. And they are 6 and 8!!
Unfortunately, I don’t see this getting any better in the near future. Not until women start standing up and telling the media this is crazy.
by Christine d'Abo October 5th, 2007 at 9:53 amYes, it must be really difficult for young girls with all the crazy stuff in the media. I guess all we can do is provide positive role models for our girls, teach them to eat healthily and celebrate who they are as people.
Did you see the news story about the billboards of the naked anorexic model? It was an ad campaign in Italy. The story hit NZ recently. I thought the girl was very brave posing that way because the visuals were shocking.
by Shelley Munro October 5th, 2007 at 11:53 amYa it’s absolutely disgusting. I mean your considered plus size in North American if you’re over a size 16. I’m sorry but I am not plus size. I am tall to be sure and a 16 but I’m not a plus size.
It really makes me ill. I hate it. People blame the Barbie, but I don’t … I played with Barbies when I was young and it didn’t affect me. I mean girls at the age of 8 or 9 want to look hawt and impress boys. At 8 I was still playing and running and using imagination and boys had cooties.
by Amy Ruttan October 5th, 2007 at 12:20 pmI was just thinking about this last night. We are so used to “perfect” woman that I now find “real” women especially attractive.
I was especially disgusted by how people kept referring to Britney being “fat” at the VMAs. She was totally hammered, but I’d never call her fat.
by Lillian Feisty October 8th, 2007 at 10:27 amLillian - exactly! No way is Britney fat!!
I’m all for “real” women.
by Shelley Munro October 8th, 2007 at 1:04 pmYou should’ve stuck with the rest of the programme. Gok Wan’s all about women in all our multiple glorious body sizes………& how to ignore the size 0
by cate October 12th, 2007 at 5:00 pmfascist fashionista’s, & celebrate our
curves, lumps, bumps !