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Friday, May 2, 2008
Rocking your body
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I have never been so worried about teenage women.
Forgive me if I’m way behind the curve on this one, but I just discovered the wave of thinspo videos on youtube this week. (Thinspo is a shortened version of “thinspiration,” a combination of the words thin and inspiration.) It doesn’t take but one or two videos to make you realize that many of these girls don’t want to be healthy—they want to be as anorexic as possible, and they’re encouraging each other to do so through these video montages. It’s crazy that this kind of concern about our appearances begins at such an early age.
And unfortunately, many of us grown women (and a few men!) still have body issues, even if we’ve escaped the clutches of eating disorders. And sometimes people we meet on the dating scene seem to reinforce our insecurities.
Ladies, do you ever feel like men are only looking for women who weigh under 100 lbs.? What kind of social pressures have you felt out on the dating scene? Have any of you ever felt accosted from the opposite end — people accusing you of being too skinny? What’s your ideal body type when it comes to men? And what are you willing to settle for?
Men, what’s your true ideal when it comes to the appearance of a woman? And what are you happy with, realistically? Do you feel like you meet women who won’t settle for anything less than physical perfection from a man?
Thanks to those of you who’ve sent in e-mail about the blog issues; it helps when it’s not just me complaining about it to tech support! Happy Friday!
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