Sports Illustrated underwent immense pressure on both sides to put AND NOT put a plus sized woman on the cover of their latest Swimsuit edition. Read the following article and think:
1) What does this say about our society? Are we more tolerant towards larger people now?
2) What does this say about women's rights? Is this good or bad for women?
3) How is this a global issue?
4) Will we ever see "the dad-bod" on the cover of a magazine?
http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/2016/03/18/companies-wise-to-find-a-fit-with-all-consumers
I think the whole debate about body shapes and sizes is ridiculous. We all have different DNA right? And no one says that there is a certain DNA type that is desirable and good looking. So why does society have to do this to body shapes? We've been raised in a first world country where we see more than 1000 ads a day and in almost all of those ads, there will be an attractive model. We have all at some point played with a Barbie or action figure and whether is was skinny waisted, big busted or shredded stomach, it sent us a message of how to look. These dolls still do! I bet that almost every girl has tried to look like a Barbie doll at some point through make up, dieting or the clothes that they choose. The image that this sends is horrible and it happens 1000 times a day to every one of us. And it is not just girls. Everyone pegs the "hot guy" as someone with nice hair, a nice face and a very fit body, which isn't fair to males. Many cases of depression and eating disorders have been proven to come because of the image of the "hot body" that society portrays. This is absolutely not fair, especially not to the younger crowd (11-16). We are trying to figure out who we are and what is important to us at that age and we're being fed with the idea that we are not visually appealing if we do not have a certain body type. "The more time young adults use social media, the more likely they are to be depressed, according to new research. The findings could guide clinical and public health interventions to tackle depression, forecast to become the leading cause of disability in high-income countries by 2030." Many girls mostly, will be super healthy and have a healthy body but not believe it. Your body image is more of what you think rather than what your body actually is and that is why depression is so heavily linked to body image. You may be thin and healthy or curvy and beautiful but if you think you are too big or you see someone smaller you don't believe how you look is right. "However, because there is a complex overlap between emotions and self-perception, body image is not always reflective of how an individual actually appears. Like self-esteem, body image can be distorted or inflated, relatively accurate or slightly ignored depending on the individual." This is why I am so glad to see a magazine break this "perfect body" trend. The model they had on the cover was not what many people would call "plus-size" but it is a start that many people are glad to see. I think that society should portray the image that every body shape and size is beautiful. The feminist movement is large right now and I think that body shaming should be one of the most visited women's rights topics. This is a global issue. Everyone in the world sees advertisements and pictures of models at some point and that means almost every young girl in the world is being influenced to be small and hungry. As for the "dad-bod"... I believe that body image will end up on magazines at some point. That body image is a huge fad right now, Adam Sandler's dad bod was chosen as the article image. This implies that maybe one day in the future more body types will be accepted and portrayed as attractive. Until then I think that every girl and guy should love their body's and not care to fit a certain type. Like I said before, we all have different DNA so we should all be allowed to have different body images.
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I certainly agree with your opinion on this topic. Everyone is different and we should all strive to be happy as we are. I also think that it is ridiculous that magazines have that great of an affect on us. It just shows how much information we take in without even thinking about it. I'd say that this is a controversial thing for women's rights: it is beneficial to see a plus sized model on the magazine because it is allowing other plus sized women to realize their beauty as well. It is also negative because they have 2 covers of the magazine. That is absolutely ridiculous because if the magazine company truly accepted this plus sized model as beautiful, they would have only needed one magazine cover. I really don't understand or respect their decision for having 2 covers and I think they should only have the 1 cover of the plus sized model because she is just as beautiful as the others.
DeleteI think you are spot on Lindsay. Everyone's bodies and lifestyles are different yet we try to categorize everyone. The reality of it is, we should split people into two categories; healthy and unhealthy.
DeleteI grew up playing with Barbie dolls, however my niece (Born in 2006)skipped that stage. Her idols and role models weren't on the runway. They were athletes that lived a healthy and seemingly happy life. I believe that society is slowly moving towards accepting different types of beauty, however controversial covers like S.I.'s force us to take a step back. As Brittany said, if we were truly making progress, there would only be a need for one cover.
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ReplyDeleteI believe that everyone is born with their own shapes and sizes and there is no specific body image that can fit everyone. But I also believe that there is a huge difference between having a thicker body versus being obese. Society has gone to the extremes of both directions. They are constantly changing and photo shopping girls they do not think are “perfect” enough, and they are advertising an unrealistic plus size model. I think that altering someone’s image is horrible because it is just showing society that even the people who are known for their beauty, are not good enough. It is putting the idea that people need to alter themselves with Photoshop, plastic surgery and other things will make them more beautiful. Society is plastic and unrealistic for the average person.
Also, the idea of a plus size model is unrealistic. As of 2012 in the United States over two thirds of all adults were overweight or obese. That number has since risen and continues to grow. These obese people do not look like Ashley Graham. Although her body type is not the average plus size person’s body type I think that is a good thing. I don’t think being extremely large and unhealthy should be rewarded. Being obese is not a positive thing at all. It is unhealthy and the habits will be passed down through generations. Obesity kills people yet people are still being body positive no matter what. People should be praised for living a long healthy and active lifestyle.
I personally don’t think this has anything to do with women’s rights. It is about health and nutrition. I don’t think people should be including feminism in this because that is just saying its okay to be fat if you are happy. Will the fat person be happy when they die at a young age of a heart attack? Or get diabetes? Or not be able to do certain things because of restrictions from their weight. Feminism is about equality between men and women and having all equal rights, not about advertising an unhealthy lifestyle. That is ridiculous.
This is a global issue because millions of people are obese and the number just keeps going up. Having an active and healthy lifestyle is becoming more and more rare. The life expectancy can decrease from 8 years plus just from being overweight. Also, having all types of processed food made produces more harm for the environment than farming naturally.
Also by this post I'm not saying everyone should be a pick thin Barbie doll, I don’t expect that. I understand that people are all born differently, but if you are born into a healthy lifestyle, it will not lead into obesity.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paula-escobar-chavarria/all-women-against-body-sh_b_9468152.html
http://stateofobesity.org/rates/
I agree that obesity is a rising issue in North America but I don't think it is something that we are supporting. The idea of this article is to show that the media is portraying an inaccurate image of what the average body type for men and women is and how we as a society we are trying to change our ways. Seeing the "perfect body" in magazines does not just have affects on over weight people it can have affects on all types of people. These unrealistic ideas of beauty have affects on people of colour, people with acne, people with scarring, people who are too thin, and many more people. A lot of people struggle with their weight for long periods of time as well, and though they may try to diet and exercise it may not work because their weight is genetics. Some people also have to deal with diseases such as crushing's syndrome or polycystic Ovary Syndrome which have affects on people's weight. All in all a person's weight is their own business and we should have no say in how people treat their own bodies
DeleteI don't see why it's wrong to be fat and happy. Maybe that person is fine with dying at a young age. If someone's lifestyle doesn't affect me and they're fine with it, then I don't see why they should be shamed. I think it's alright for everyone to have their own desires in life and being fit doesn't have to be everyones.
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DeleteI agree completely there is a difference between being plus sized or curvy and being obese. People should be taught to be happy and work towards being healthy. Ashley Graham is obviously not obese but there are some advertisements and songs that have recently surfaced with obese people trying to accomplish the body positivity message. I can see it from both sides but my overall opinion is that obesity should not be supported but obese people also shouldn't be targeted.
DeleteI agree with Bronwyn that we should be supporting a healthy lifestyle, which is difficult to achieve with all the unhealthy food options available to people.
DeleteI agree with Bronwyn that we should be supporting a healthy lifestyle, which is difficult to achieve with all the unhealthy food options available to people.
DeleteI agree with Sam. No one is "praising" obese people. The main focus of the article is that the media is portraying an unrealistic image of what the average person should look like to be considered attractive. Obese are not the only people affected by the issue. Someone could be perfectly healthy and not be healthy with their image because of all of the expectations society gives us. Like Sam said, "obese" people or as I would rather say "larger" people are not the only ones affected. Acne is looked down on, stretch marks, being too thin and many other "imperfections" are made out to be unattractive. Weight issues are not always personal decisions. It could be in your genetics, you could have disorders which prevent you from losing weight or make you prone to gaining weight. Also agreeing with what Annabelle said, if you are "overweight" and happy and you aren't negatively affecting anyone around you then no one really has any say in what that person should look like. There are many programs and ways which aim to help people lose weight but if you personally choose to be overweight and happy then y do you. All we can do is try to help but ultimately we do not of the choice to say whether someone should look a certain way or not. Although supporting a healthy lifestyle and being healthy are most peoples goals.
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ReplyDeleteI don't think we praise obese people. Everyone knows obesity is bad. Obese people know obesity is bad. They're not surprised that eating unhealthy will equal bad health issues. But sometimes they have no choice to eat how they do. People work late or don't have time to make a well home-cooked meal so they tend to eat out a lot. And we all buy so much processed foods because it lasts longer than fresh food. I don't agree with it either but not everyone has time to cook fresh veggies and stuff every single night. Anyway, I think when people are body-positive they're not necessarily 'praising' obese people but rather saying something like "love yourself and don't feel ugly because you don't look like the skinny models.. take your time to lose the weight because it will take longer for you to lose the weight due to the way your genetics/life circumstance are, so don't b sad just take your time to making better life choices" And people who are obese are also in pain.. they get heartburn and poor circulation or joint pains, sores on their bodies... they're not happy being fat.... but it takes a really long time for them to achieve a healthy body. So I do agree this isn't really a women's right issue, yet it's still a women's issue just because society tends to shame women a lot for how they look and how much they weigh. Girls tend to shame other girls too so that really needs to stop because it is unnecessary. For example, 5 people can all weight 135 pounds yet have completely different body shapes. So we should all be free to look however we do without others criticizing another. We don't know if someone who is overweight has already been trying to eat better so don't judge them until you know what situation they're in
ReplyDeleteand we forget different body types gain weight differently so again, we should all stop misjudging people's lifestyle when we don't know they full situation. Body image in the media is portrayed unrealistically , the fact they have to Photoshop models is just stupid and sets unrealistic ideas to everyone
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ReplyDeleteAs Sport's Illustrated recently featured a plus-sized model on the front cover of their iconic swimsuit issue many believe that society is leaping forward and that this is a large success among women everywhere. I agree. However, how big is this leap forward for society? For many it may be huge news and as exciting as this news is there is still much more to be done. The media has always been trying to envision the idea of the perfect body by photographing flawless models and enhancing them with makeup, unnatural lighting, and photo editing. No matter how beautiful a model is, they never look the same in person compared to on the cover of a magazine. This is extremely unhealthy for girls and boys reading these magazines. Eating Disorder Hope states "50% of teenage girls and 30% of teenage boys use unhealthy weight control behaviors such as skipping meals, fasting, smoking cigarettes, vomiting, and taking laxatives to control their weight." This statistic is extremely alarming. Humans should be told to love their body at a young age and not have to worry about being over weight. When we talk about confidence issues and eating disorders in teenagers we immediately think that it mainly affects women, but this is not true. Teenage boys can be just as self-conscious as girls can be but in different ways. The Huffington Post states that 1 in 10 eating disorders occur in males. This is because the media portrays the average male as a tall and buff attractive man with a strong core and large biceps. This leads to young men experimenting with steroids for a way to quickly gain muscle mass to achieve this "ideal body". As for our society, we may think that we are becoming more tolerant towards larger people but this is only the beginning.
This cover is a large win for women everywhere and it should have a large impact on several women out there who see the cover. However, how often do we see plus sized models, like Ashley Graham, appearing on the cover of magazines? Or if we do see larger people in magazines most of the times it is in a negative light. An example of this is Fox News' article "Best and worst celebrity beach bodies (okay mostly best)". Wow. I couldn't even believe my eyes when I saw that body shaming people who are comfortable enough to take their shirt off at the beach is considered new now a days. So realistically, the media has it's good moments and its bad moments, but as we know the bads usually outweigh the goods.
This is a global issue because it affects ALL people. Everyone with a body. Anorexia is the third most common chronic illness among adolescents and 5.2% of people do not survive these eating disorders. People are dying because at such a young age they are told the standards of beauty and if they don't measure up to them they will feel inadequate.
Most likely in the future we will not see the "dad-bod" on the cover of any magazines which is unfortunate. But even if we started using plus-size male models in magazines and clothing stores we might be able to see a change in the self-consciousness levels among teenage boys.
So as this cover may be a large win for people all over, it is not enough. The media is spewing out the toxic idea that if you don't measure up to society's beauty standards you won't fit in or be adequate. This is not true. Even celebrities and models have moments when they feel self-conscious. So stop and think before you pick up People magazine and ask yourself if the "world's sexiest man or woman" is even human with all the editing it had undergone.
http://www.eatingdisorderhope.com/information/statistics-studies
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/17/body-image-boys_n_5637975.html
http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/entertainment/2015/12/23/celeb-beach-bodies-best-worst/#slide=7
http://www.anad.org/get-information/about-eating-disorders/eating-disorders-statistics/
I agree 100% with you Sam! Couldn't have said that better myself. We shouldn't forget this doesn't solely include girls, but boys too. Anyone with a body feels unaccepted and inadequate, especially at young ages when those children are most vulnerable to developing eating disorders and mental disorders.
DeleteI also agree that we should definitely include boys because they are impacted just as much as women and often try to hide their insecurities because they are male. I also agree that it is not enough and companies and different clothing lines should try to influence viewers positively.
DeleteI agree with what you are saying Sam, this is a serious issue that needs to be addressed and handled with extreme care, especially by young parents. They need to make sure that they are raising their children to be comfortable and love themselves the way they are, and not be driven or inspired to resemble the men/women in these magazines, but rather to be their own self. It is not only important to the child's physical health, but also their mental development. Consistently feeling that they are not “perfect” and not to what they believe is the stand set for them can result in major self esteem issues and confidence problems in the future, when in actuality there shouldn't need to feel as though they are not perfect as there is no standard.
DeleteMark this one: For years the “ideal” woman was tall and skinny but in today’s society people, especially teen girls are being taught through movies, magazines, commercials, advertisements and that we don’t need to be stick thin to be attractive. I also think we need to be careful that we don’t put down skinnier models or girls because every body is perfectly fine. We should be advertising and educating people on being healthy and happy with ourselves, not what model’s body type is trending. Being happy with yourself isn’t easy to do whether you’re comparing yourself to models or to girls you see everyday. I believe society is moving forward in that we are more accepting of larger body types but we really should be accepting of all body types and teaching self acceptance so we are not constantly saying one body type is better than the other. In an article “The Shocking Truth About Plus Sized Models” the first line is “how the ideal woman has changed” which I find ridiculous because they used the word ideal and by using this line it shows that as a society we haven’t changed at all. We may have become more tolerant towards larger people because they’re “trending” but an ideal woman should be a woman who is happy and comfortable with herself no matter what size she is. I believe this article in the Barrie Examiner connects and supports women’s rights because it shows that woman don’t need to conform to other people’s standards. This is a global issue because it impacts everyone around the world that has access to this news. It will have a large impact on society, people’s views and especially girls/woman that compare themselves to models everyday. If there was a “dad-bod” on the cover of a magazine I think it would be a great step because men need body positivity too. The focus of these popular articles is mainly about women and their body types without mentioning men, which is understandable. I find it understandable because most women feel pressured to have a nice body that is up to men’s standards and more women are torn apart on social media, magazines and on talk shows than men but men can experience the same insecurities as women.
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ReplyDelete"All three women are beautiful, sexy and strong. Beauty is not cookie cutter. Beauty is not 'one size fits all.' " - MJ Day
I LOVE THIS QUOTE. Ashley Graham is the extreme change our society is striving for. Body positive campaigns have been running for years now and finally there has been a drastic movement. This is AMAZING not only for women but young women and men as well. This cover is just a international reminder that everyone is beautiful and capable of amazing things.
Ashley Graham is not a fair representation of the average plus size person. As you notice she has no stretchmarks or rolls. Her double chin is not present and she has no cellulite whatsoever. Im sure lots of that is due to photo shop but it is still nice to see a change. How ever I do think her body type is more realist and achievable. Millions of men and women think she is sexy and powerful. I don't believe Ashley is promoting obesity. The plus size industry is not saying its okay to be obese they are saying its okay to be yourself and be accepted and feel loved. Self love is in my opinion the absolute most important thing in life. How can you expect someone else to love you when you don't even love yourself? How can someone take care of themselves when they simply don't care? They can't. Somebody telling you, you cant all your life due to something as silly as your appearance is so f***ing S***ty it kills me. Who decided 'fat' girls cant wear bikinis, mini skirts or crop tops hmm? You don't have protruding collar bones therefore you're not sexy enough to pull off a strapless dress. If who ever feels beautiful in whatever then who cares!!! Protruding collar bones are now the most desired feature by women ranking even higher than the thigh gap.
Consider this, the McDonald's big mac is roughly over 5 dollars with a total count of 520 calories. It seems a little pricey and woah those calories lets go for the "HEALTHY" alternative a mighty Cesar salad. Its a dollar or two more but if its fueling my body and giving me all the proper nutrience I need its worth it. HAHA JOKE IS ON YOU IT IS ALSO A WHOPPING 520 CALORIES!!!!!!! Also you cant forget the $1.77 420 calorie mcdouble.
Diversity is real everyone.
I feel like if society were more accepting of diversity a lot more people would be less shameful of asking for help when switching to a healthier life style. Not every one has the willpower or the knowledge and they need support. But asking for help shows your weakness. It seems like you're not strong enough to do it yourself. Leaning on someone else makes people feel vulnerable. The word diet is also somewhat frowned upon. Again it proves you're not 100% happy with yourself and that can be used against you which is scary.
Why does nobody talk about some members of the mainstream icon industry participating in drug use induced weight loss?
One thick woman gets on a cover on a magazine and suddenly the world is "praising" obesity when in reality the world is praising the complete opposite.
I do not believe in my life time I will see a "dad-bod" on the cover of a world renowned magazine simply because men are not nearly as sexualized as women.
http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/hollywood-dirty-diet-secrets-article-1.286090
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3129960/The-Collarbone-Club-visible-collarbone-one-sought-body-features-women-flaunt-theirs-social-media-ranking-higher-thigh-gap.html
http://www.mcdonalds.ca/ca/en/food/nutrition_centre.html#/
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ReplyDeleteMARK THIS ONE Our society is changing, we are becoming more tolerant of “normal people” these models are not larger they are regular sized people. The models that are usually in magazines are not realistic views of women and men. “I think the whole world is more open to plus-size [models] and I am sure at some point they will be ready for it,” Jac told the Daily Mail. In a sense this is good for women, they are being shown that no matter what their body size, they are beautiful. They should have known that before, but now that society is using these plus size models, women feel that society has now accepted them as beautiful as well.
ReplyDeleteOn a global scale, because ads are starting to use “non-traditional models with larger body types” it has been having a detrimental effect on peoples’ lifestyles and eating behaviours. People are starting to believe obesity has become more socially acceptable. Our society seems to never be able to find a happy medium, if ads use underweight models, more people get anorexic and sick, but when ads use plus size models, people start to become obese and unhealthy. No matter what they do, it has an effect on society to be beneficial for society; marketers need to find a middle ground, using images of people with a healthy weight and refrain from drawing attention to the body size issue entirely. It is good for women’s rights, but to take it further is stop the issue of the “perfect body” and just accept everyone for who they are.
http://www.mtv.com/news/2228102/plus-size-victorias-secret-models/
http://globalnews.ca/news/2390924/plus-size-models-in-advertising-may-be-contributing-to-growing-obesity-rates-study/
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ReplyDeleteMARK THIS ONE: This article points out that society is beginning to acknowledge that a person doesn’t have to be stick thin to be beautiful. I think that society is realizing that an edited body of a model who more than likely starves her self to be that thin is not what people should be striving for. Many teens starve them selves and barf after eating to try and look like the model that was on the cover of a magazine. Instead, the media should be advertising a more realistic body type of someone who does not starve themselves, and lives a healthy lifestyle. I don’t think that it has anything to do with women’s rights, but more to do with confidence. To explain, women are not gaining or losing any legal rights by having a plus sized model on the cover of a magazine. On the other hand, it does boost the confidence of many women with that same body type and help them feel good about themselves. I believe that this is a good thing, but one body type should not be considered “better” than another. This is a global issue because it changes the way that other countries see the “average” American. To explain, in class we talked about how other countries see the “average” american through the media, such as actors and models. By changing the look of the model, it could be potentially change the look of how others view the average american. I do not think that we will ever see the “dad-bod” of the cover of a magazine. To explain, companies use hot models to sell their product. If a guy reading a magazine see’s a hot guy wearing a certain shirt, the idea is that the reader will think: “man, maybe if I buy that shirt, I can look like that too”. So, if a hot bod sells, then a dad-bod will not be on the cover of a magazine.
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I think that dad-bods have just as much of a right to be on the cover of a magazine as do women who are plus sized. It doesn't make sense to praise agencies for hiring plus size models and then justify the reason of fat-shaming men with 'dad-bods' for the reason that its better for companies to stick with hot bodies to sell more products. Both genders who are plus size deserve to be accepted, not just women.
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ReplyDeleteWe have been born and raised into a society which has shaped our idea of “ideal” into something completely different. Everywhere you look nowadays there are commercials, magazines, billboards, and ads. In almost every single one of these an attractive model of some sort is featured. Whether the ad be about food, clothing, or anything else you can always count on an attractive/ideal image being shown of how society should look. We have had this ideal image engraved in our brains from a young age. For example, how many young girls and or boys have played with a Barbie doll? The long blonde hair, petite waist, skinny legs, and perfectly symmetrical face. There has been a lot of controversy over the image and message sends to young children. "If Barbie were an actual woman, she would be 5'9" tall, have a 39" bust, an 18" waist, 33" hips and a size 3 shoe," Slayen wrote in the Huffington Post. "She likely would not menstruate... she'd have to walk on all fours due to her proportions and likely weigh 110 pounds." After some research I found that the IDEAL weight for an average woman who is 5’9 is 144 - 176 lbs. Now for males there is also a huge stereotype that needs to be broken, as boys too are affected by “ideal images”. Many popular clothing stores and magazines feature men with 6 packs, a chiselled jawline, muscles, an attractive face and may more unrealistic expectations. These stereotypes affect people of all ages but cases of depression and eating disorders have been proven to be a result of the ideal image of a male/female in most people aged 11-16 years old. This also affects many other age groups. At these stages in our young lives we are still trying to figure out who we are and who we want to be. With all of these messages being targeted at a younger audience, this only creates more of an identity crisis. If we don’t feel we meet society's expectations we consider ourselves “fat” or “ugly”, when in reality we are far from that. I can guarantee you that everyone in our class, and around the world has had a point in their life where they were unsatisfied with how they looked. I feel regardless of how other people see you, if you are healthy and happy they way you look is of no concern to anyone else. It is possible to be slightly overweight and still maintain a healthy and happy lifestyle. There are many programs and ways society has reached out to men and women of all ages, and weights claiming to help them lose weight and obtain their ideal image. While I think this is a great thing for some people, it also pressures perfectly happy people into states of depression. While I think we have become a little bit more tolerant towards “larger” people, we still have so much more improving to do as a whole. This doesn’t only affect women; it affects many men as well. Eating disorders are a daily struggle for 10 million females and 1 million males in the United States. Four out of ten individuals have either personally experienced an eating disorder or know someone who has. This is bad for both men and women because regardless of gender everyone suffers in some way from this perception that “you need to look like this particular model” to be beautiful, or handsome. This is a global issue because it affects everyone everywhere. No matter your gender, race, or weight. Everyone experiences some sort of body shaming whether it be from themselves, peers, or the media. It is nearly impossible to escape the issue because everywhere you go, there is some sort of unhappiness or new expectation for you to fulfil. I 100% believe the “dad-bod” will end up on the cover of some magazine. Although there is a lot of negativity surrounding the issue there is a small amount of positivity that is rising out of all of this commotion. I’m not sure whether the dad-bod will be featured for its “attractiveness” or whether it will be featured more so to grab your attention and bring attention to the issue. Either way we will see the dad-bod!
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/life-size-barbies-shocking-dimensions-photo-would-she-be-anorexic/
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ReplyDeleteI am in complete support of women loving their bodies and being comfortable with who they are and how they look. Women, regardless of weight, can be kind, beautiful, caring, and intelligent based on their personalities and lifestyle. I completely support women who empower and strengthen themselves based on their life choices, however, when it comes to social media and modelling, I find that there is a huge double standard.
In places such as France, authorities have taken action to make sure that models are not too underweight. A law has passed where models need a doctor's certificate showing that their health is "compatible with the practice of the profession". Employers who break the law and put harmfully skinny models on the runway could face up to six months in jail and a $81,000 fine. Models who are encouraged towards eating disorders due to their profession will not be able to keep their jobs. This is good because nobody wants their child to look at media and copy the actions of the model and become harmfully skinny.
Models like Ashley Graham are larger than the models that we are subjected to, but are not morbidly obese, and I don’t have a problem with models with such a body type being featured in media. I am happy with plus size models in her BMI range being signed because they are still at a healthy weight and show an average and very embraceable body type of many women in our society!
However, there are models who are medically considered to be morbidly obese with a BMI of 35 – 40+ who are being encouraged and cheered on by social media and by mass amounts of people when they get contracts with agencies. When somebody is medically morbidly obese, they have huge health implications with very high blood pressure, a risk of diabetes and organ problems.
So the double standard comes when a society bans or frowns upon a very unhealthy model who is too underweight, but then with the same notion, are pleased when a morbidly obese model is signed even though their behaviors are just as destructive and unhealthy. There are two extremes – too underweight and too overweight – but as a society, it seems as though we have become growingly intolerant of one extreme and tolerant of the other. I know that some people may say these extremely overweight models are not encouraging, just trying to raise acceptance, but it seems unfair when we pick and choose which unhealthy and deleterious body types will cause an agency to be fined 81 thousand dollars – underweight - and which one won’t – morbidly overweight.
So the solution comes to the fact that I think that in the modelling industry, women and men should be hired based on a healthy BMI. If somebody is underweight or overweight so much to a point where they are a danger to their own health, we should hold them to the same standard that France and society is restricting their unwell underweight models. Also, I do not think that this issue has anything to do with women’s rights because being overweight or underweight does not discriminate in gender. Both male and female can face issues and insecurities with their bodies.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35130792
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3364774/I-know-m-fat-Size-22-model-Tess-Holliday-reveals-refuses-diet-don-t-work-blasts-Victoria-s-Secret-s-unrealistic-beauty-standards.html
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ReplyDeleteI believe that everyone has a different body and should never compare themselves to others. Unfortunately, in today’s day, girls and boys are growing up seeing models and actors in magazines, online, or on billboards and are comparing themselves to that. I think that everyone should be comfortable in their own skin and should not have to try to measure up to models that are very thin with ‘perfect’ bodies. It is unfortunate that the ‘perfect’ body, in today’s society is known as a girl who is stick thin or a man who is fit with perfectly sculpted muscles. I think that society should show people that everyone is different and unique and that is okay! I think that nowadays plus sized models are still so fit and maybe should not even be considered plus sized. It is nice when companies use real looking people for advertisements not some fake airbrushed models. As we grow up, all we are seeing are these perfect people and I think that is what should be changed. There are so many mental illnesses that arise because of people (specifically teens) feeling as if they are not good enough. So many young people develop eating disorders, anxiety, depression and weight issues because of the body image that they feel they are supposed to look like. Studies show that 91% of women surveyed on a college campus had attempted to control their weight through dieting. I think that living a healthy lifestyle is important but there is a difference between being healthy and dieting. I think that too many young boys and girls these days are worried about dieting just so that they are accepted. You should not need to be a certain weight to be comfortable with whom you are. As I had mentioned above, a lot of the models who are said to be ‘plus sized’ are not seen as ‘plus sized’ for many people. In my opinion, the photo of the girl in the magazine is not plus sized. I think there is a big difference between having a thicker body and being overweight. The girl in the article may have a thicker body but I would not consider her to be plus sized. When girls see that this woman is ‘plus sized’, their standards for themselves go up. I believe that it is a good idea to have models that may have thicker body types in advertisements, but I do not think that they should be listed as ‘plus sized’.
http://www.anad.org/get-information/about-eating-disorders/eating-disorders-statistics/
Way back in the day it was fashionable to be larger in size. It was a sign of wealth because you could afford food.
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