Quote Originally Posted by Eden View Post
I think that many people are making a lot of assumptions about that woman because of her body type...., you assume just because that woman is thin she has an unhealthy lifestyle! How is that any better than assuming that all larger people are sedentary and eat fried foods all of the time.
Good point. Yes, its entirely true that I assume she leads an unhealthy lifestyle, just based on the stereo type that models are generally unhealthy. If I saw her in, say, a sporting goods catalogue in a running outfit, I'd assume she was a very fit elite runner, and would not be tempted to criticizer her for being too thin. So I suppose that's all about the context.

But it still upsets me that magaznies, movies, tv, etc. perpetuate the notion that a woman is only beautiful if she is really thin.

I think what Greentea said, about not posting a pic of an overweight person and saying how horrible that is, that's somewhat beside the point since we don't have the media sending messages that we should be that way. Does that make sense? I don't feel like I'm doing a good job of making my point. Basically its frustrating that much of society has been brainwashed into thinking that to be beautiful, pretty, and admired, one must weigh a very low weight that many of us can't/don't want to achieve. We are who we are, and I think that anyone of any size who makes an effort at a healthier lifestyle should be admired.