Willendorf Was Fit, Too

[omorka]

An Interesting Article

Now, I know I need more exercise. The sedentary lifestyle I currently have I know is not good for me - partially because I know what I feel like when I'm more fit (I used to walk a lot when I was a child). I have long suspected that that was far more important than my weight per se. I should probably research a good dance studio . . .

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[omorka.livejournal.com]

Well, according to most body-mass index charts, IIRC, you're not even underweight - you're at "healthy." And I can't imagine anyone telling you that you aren't curvy - you certainly have hips. (Low-rider jeans actually look okay on you; they look silly, like cleavage on an A-cup, on someone who has no hips.)

On the other hand, our culture promulgates such an unrealistic idea of beauty that almost all women have body image issues of one type or another. If our stomachs are flat enough, our boobs are too small. If our boobs are big enough, they droop. If we have prefect tits, our asses are too big. And every woman thinks her thighs are too big, even the supermodels. (It's even worse for women of color.) And we, as women, need to do each other the favor of understanding that even women who we think are more attractive than we are have been hurt by the standard of beauty that no-one can meet.

[moontyger.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I am usually considered healthy on those charts. Yet maybe it is just the people I know, but I am often the skinniest woman in the room when out with friends and such. Not that I have been out much at all lately...

And so true! I know hardly any women who are happy with their bodies, and those that are have had to work very hard to be so. The odds of any woman feeling attractive, no matter how beautiful she is, seem very, very low.