Or so they say now.
I've been reading a couple of blogs lately and it has hit me on how the want to be skinny seems to be taking over many teenage girls. The want to be skinny hasn't only hit the slightly overweight girls but girls who are already slim.
Anorexia's obviously taking over. For instance, I was reading a blog just a while ago and the girl was ranting on about how she's too fat and she must not eat. And just below that was a picture of her friend and herself. She obviously knew she was nothing more than a bag of bones. She had obvious collar and hip bones. What more was there to lose, I asked myself. It's unbelievable really. Another example would be my very own sister. She used to be a little plump which led to a starve for at least a month. The starving started fading away after slight weight loss but her eating habits have been pretty much disordered and she keeps looking at anorexic pictures. The definition of healthy and slim have been officially warped. Social comparisons indeed have their devastating effects.
However, people have realised that this has become an issue and are trying to rectify this social misconception. An example would be the Dove Campaign for beauty. They have used even plus sized models for the advertisements which not many other companies do. However their attempts seem to be futile because the social misconception has already taken a huge toll on the society. With celebrities like Victoria Beckham and Paris Hilton starving themselves to death (and advertising this), it's not doubt why the campaign has minimum effect on the society.
People will never be satisfied with themselves. It's just human nature. Like from a slide off our lecture notes, "self awareness can be unpleasent. We will be motivated to "escape the self" by engaging in destructive practices or spiritual practices.". How apt.
4 comments:
Being skinny, having a good body, looking fit etc have been around us for a long period of time. Recently, there has been alot of emphasis on these issues. When will this ever end? Won't it be great if everyone was the same size? At least people will not be obsessed with the way they look.
I totally agree!! Same sized uniform people!! But having a good body/looking fit is one thing.. being skinny and thinking its fit is another. I guess thats what is bugging me.
how abt the models on the runaway! 2007 saw media reports flooded on a particular country banning underweight models and our motherland jumped onto the bandwagon too. well, what are this year's media reports on models? how come i am not reading anything on it?
was it just all a show?
what is long term? short term is of no help.
I have a friend who is constantly asking for opinions about whether she's going to look better shedding a few more kilos, rebonding her hair, cutting it shorter, and blah blah blah. Totally obsessed with her outlook and extremely weight conscious. All of us are totally worried about her cos she's starting to sound real scary sometimes. All the talk about wanting to get rid of all the food she had just eaten and feeling bloated and fat after a meal. Worse thing is that she eats like a bird. She was kinda big sized when we were in secondary school. What triggered the frantic weight loss regime was a comment from an insensitive male who claimed that she looked like a 'Great White Shark'. Sigh, a superficial world is a sad one.
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