Recently on various social media platforms, I have noticed a lot of backlash between the body types people, but more specifically women,have. A skinny person is considered "anorexic" and " a try-hard" and that they "need to eat a burger" while bigger people are told to lose weight and eat a salad. This has caused utter confusion for me- what even are the expectations for women's bodies now?
I have noticed that recently, there has been more backlash towards thin models/people. The reality is that some people are built that way and I don't have an issue with them dieting and such. If that's what they want to do, then they can do it. The part that gets twisted is the part where skinny can become the expectation- and in reality, it shouldn't. We should not pressure people who are built bigger to get surgery (such as removing a rib) to be skinnier. The same goes for people who are skinny that feel pressure to have an hourglass figure- we shouldn't pressure them into bad eating habits or getting surgery to gain weight. Rather, we should appreciate ALL body types, whether you are built small or bigger, and tackle eating disorders rather than if someone is too skinny or too big. The expectations shouldn't be in the middle of skinny or big either- rather, they should be what is healthy for a person. This is where the modeling industry comes into play, especially with the media. Many magazine ads have been shared online with bad photoshop, and within the industry it has been revealed that they force models to go on diets to be so skinny that it is unhealthy- and this is a problem. (This is NOT to say that anyone who is a skinny model or a celebrity follows this!) Health is what should be stressed- and everyone has their own definition of it, whether it is bone thin or bigger.
The media must reflect this as well. In order for something to be become an expectation, we have to look up to it, and truthfully, it has to be popular. Instead of photoshopping images, the media can focus on showing real people, un-photoshopped, and encourage the people in the media to be healthy rather than trying to achieve an expectation. It's a good start- and this change lays in the media.
I have noticed that recently, there has been more backlash towards thin models/people. The reality is that some people are built that way and I don't have an issue with them dieting and such. If that's what they want to do, then they can do it. The part that gets twisted is the part where skinny can become the expectation- and in reality, it shouldn't. We should not pressure people who are built bigger to get surgery (such as removing a rib) to be skinnier. The same goes for people who are skinny that feel pressure to have an hourglass figure- we shouldn't pressure them into bad eating habits or getting surgery to gain weight. Rather, we should appreciate ALL body types, whether you are built small or bigger, and tackle eating disorders rather than if someone is too skinny or too big. The expectations shouldn't be in the middle of skinny or big either- rather, they should be what is healthy for a person. This is where the modeling industry comes into play, especially with the media. Many magazine ads have been shared online with bad photoshop, and within the industry it has been revealed that they force models to go on diets to be so skinny that it is unhealthy- and this is a problem. (This is NOT to say that anyone who is a skinny model or a celebrity follows this!) Health is what should be stressed- and everyone has their own definition of it, whether it is bone thin or bigger.
The media must reflect this as well. In order for something to be become an expectation, we have to look up to it, and truthfully, it has to be popular. Instead of photoshopping images, the media can focus on showing real people, un-photoshopped, and encourage the people in the media to be healthy rather than trying to achieve an expectation. It's a good start- and this change lays in the media.
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