Why are woman obsessed with being thin

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Society (and a lot of parents) start shaming young women for putting on the extra fat that naturally comes with puberty. The media reinforces. It’s an ingrained self-loathing that’s hard to shake.

I lost weight in puberty as do many women, so I have no idea what the heck “naturally” you are talking about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We don’t care what you think, and you should not care what we think. Our bodies, our business.

Bingo.

But thanks for sucking others into yet another misogynistic thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think a key part here is that being very thin looks much better on a 20 year old than a 50 year old. In middle age you lose the fat in the face and neck and end up looking very bony and stringy. Being slightly overweight (not obese) can be more attractive then.

Trying to get to this and accepting I'll never be thin, which is a Okay.
My current BMI is 26, it takes some work to even staying in BMI 26-28 since hitting 40!
I am 55, my goal is BMI 24.9-25

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Society (and a lot of parents) start shaming young women for putting on the extra fat that naturally comes with puberty. The media reinforces. It’s an ingrained self-loathing that’s hard to shake.

I lost weight in puberty as do many women, so I have no idea what the heck “naturally” you are talking about.

Most women get boobs, hips, and ass.

Most women go from looking like a little boy to a woman.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I never understood woman who want to maintain a BMI 17-18 even if it makes them look haggard , thin hair , lose their curves , etc. .

Unless you are a petite woman who risks looking like a bowling pin , most woman look good with extra 10 lbs of fat especially in the hips /thighs .

Because that is the American beauty standard for white women. Are you new in our country?

Blacks and Latinos appreciate a little more junk in the trunk.

[Anonymous]

White women in the United States have been sent a very unhealthy message about being skinny for decades.

If we don’t have a flat stomach, we should just expect her husband to cheat on us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Society (and a lot of parents) start shaming young women for putting on the extra fat that naturally comes with puberty. The media reinforces. It’s an ingrained self-loathing that’s hard to shake.

I lost weight in puberty as do many women, so I have no idea what the heck “naturally” you are talking about.

Really, you have no idea? Here’s what John’s Hopkins (and every other scientific resource) has to say:

“Girls tend to have an increase in body fat mass as they go through adolescence whereas boys tend to have increase in muscle mass.”

This is why girls who starve themselves or exercise excessively stop getting their periods. The body needs a certain amount of fat to function properly.

[Anonymous]

The very last thing we need to worry about is American women being too thin. Give it a rest. There are countless threads on DCUM about women being too thin, women having anorexic tendencies etc. Yet it is extremely clear based on all observable data that in fact, our nation suffers from eating disorders in the *other* direction. Still, no one posts about it, complaining that people are overweight. No, in this upside down world, they complain about the disciplined, functional people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I never understood woman who want to maintain a BMI 17-18 even if it makes them look haggard , thin hair , lose their curves , etc. .

Unless you are a petite woman who risks looking like a bowling pin , most woman look good with extra 10 lbs of fat especially in the hips /thighs .

Because that is the American beauty standard for white women. Are you new in our country?

Blacks and Latinos appreciate a little more junk in the trunk.

Latin cultures take a dim view of being overweight. Really only black culture is neutral to positive on being overweight. So please stop pretending that white ladies are oppressing you because they don't think your muffin top is cute.

Having a bigger ass is about natural weight distribution, not about how much you eat. A white Brit could eat all day and have a pancake ass.

[Anonymous]

Just a gentle reminder that not every thin woman you see is trying to be. Some of us just are. I’m not trying to brag. I don’t diet and I don’t exercise. Neither did my mom and she was just as thin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:White women in the United States have been sent a very unhealthy message about being skinny for decades.

If we don’t have a flat stomach, we should just expect her husband to cheat on us.

Obviously that message is getting through.

[Anonymous]

I don't improve my looks with an extra ten pounds of fat, but you do you.

[Anonymous]

We want what’s difficult to have. Hundreds of years ago, the ideal female figure was curvy; poor women were thin and undernourished so some extra weight was a sign of wealth and health. Now calories are easy to come by so the opposite is the ideal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most women in the DMV are overweight or obese.

Probably because it's a miserable place to live

[Anonymous]

BMI of 19-20 is ideal