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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pakistani American here.

White American women generally are expected to look "sexy" well into their older years. There is no other alternative for them in society as they age. Obviously their bodies age and the only thing they can think of to stop the hands of time is to work out so much so that they retain their 00 figures from their twenties. This doesn' make them look young but its better in their POV than the alternative.

In other cultures women also have the pressure to look young but it usually stops after marriage and kids. Once middle age sets in, women happily embrace the role of the matriarch of the family and don't go out of their way to compete with their 22 year old daughters.

In America a woman must perpetually look nubile and 22.

Or else theyre invisible. [/quote]

I don’t buy the, “I work out to feel good” argument. I work out and yes, I have a sense of accomplishment but that is tertiary to the main objective of being thinner and having more clothing options. I can do this because I have daily household help. There was no way in hell I had time for this when I didn’t have household help. I have to get the kids ready for school school, drop them and look decent at work and then be back home for them and to spend at least 45 minutes cooking a decent meal. Sandwiches aren’t a thing in my foodie culture.

Times are changing in Pakistan as well. My friend that just moved back said the mom’s pick up their kids at Karachi Grammar School dressed in Lululemon and that the gyms and personal trainers are much better than Equinox. More and more women are wearing western clothes that are not as forgiving as eastern clothes. You can only hide your fat arms and love handles in a loose tunic....not lululemon.

Perhaps it’s health or perhaps it’s the “images” pervasive in society that our husbands are exposed to that our fathers didn’t see as much in their generation? The ideal beauty is becoming thinner and thinner. I.e. Angelina Jolie and Amal Clooney. Even the Bollywood actresses are
much are now then a generation ago. [/quote]

So what if you don’t buy it? A number of women are saying that. My DH says the same thing. Believe what you will. [/quote]

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