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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s cute that you’re all trying to suggest that only gen x and older cares about being skinny, but apparently gen z is even more obsessed with dieting and being skinny than the olds.

https://theconversation.com/gen-z-teens-dieting-and-worrying-about-weight-more-than-previous-generations-150297

So they may say “yay all body shapes” but ultimately they want to be skinnier than ever.

But nice try! [/quote]

This. I'm young Gen X and my friends my age might sometimes worry about weight but there's a general level of acceptance that most people aren't going to be stick thin and that is a-ok (and plenty of us wouldn't want to be anyway). Also there is pragmatism among my Gen X friends -- everyone knows that people who are naturally very thin tend to have smaller boobs/hips, and women who are naturally curvy tend to carry more weight. The exceptions to this kind of prove the rule (the curvy woman who diets/exercises religiously to stay thin, but then can never lose the pregnancy weight, or the super thin woman with curves who, it turns out, has implants).

But I have some young Millennial friends (born 1988 or later) and they are much more worried about and conscious of their bodies. These women have had social media since high school or college and their social lives play out on Instagram. They are the ones who told me about "thigh gaps" and explained all the tricks influencers use to look skinny in photos online (none of them are influencers but they use a lot of the same tricks to get that look in their social media posts).

Sure, they'll also lecture me about body positivity, but I actually think they are WAY less accepting of different body types than me and my peers are. Their attitude is kind of like "Of course I think all bodies are beautiful and I personally would never criticize someone for not being thin, but also I am obsessed with being thin and looking perfect especially in all photos especially online."

It's stressful to listen to them, honestly. I'm gonna keep my own daughter off social media as long as I can. My hope is that it implodes and is "over" by the time she's old enough to want it.[/quote]

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