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Why does America want us to be so thin?
glorwen
post Jul 31 2006, 03:22 PM
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I mean, seriously. I, myself am not thin and I never will be. I have a large family, and I have a really bad metabolism.
Besides, back in medevil (sp?) times, women who were heavier-set were viewed as healthier, and ble to bear better sons... not that I want that last part... XD

So, this raises the question; why do Americans feel the need to look down upon us larger girls, and think that we aren't pretty, aren't as smart, can't do as many things, etc.?
 
 
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bobby james
post Aug 18 2006, 09:03 PM
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You say back in the medival times but honey this is so not the medival times, there's other stuff to prove that we have money now (because part of the reasons it was looked upon is because it meant wealth, you had enough money to eat) and no one really remembers that. In my opinion, thin is better. Not skinny, but I think being thin or at least fit is neccessary. Also, America goes by the European standard of beauty, thin is definitely in there and that is why.


I prefer it be back in the 50's where America wanted you to be thin, but valuptuous [sp?] in the right places. Now it's "no ass, no curves, oh wait but women should have big bubble breast".

America wants us to be so thin, but you know what, you shouldn't feel bad because we are NOT. It's not happening anyways, considering the fact that we are the fattest nation.

But like I said before, it's basically because of the European customs of beauty. Blonde hair, blue eyed, stuff. It's far from changing too.
 
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post Aug 20 2006, 04:09 PM
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QUOTE(bobby james @ Aug 18 2006, 10:03 PM) *
But like I said before, it's basically because of the European customs of beauty. Blonde hair, blue eyed, stuff. It's far from changing too.


I'm sorry, but have you heard of Italy.. or Greece? Or other European nations for that matter? They don't usually have "blonde hair, blue eye[s]", as you say. Not all of Europe consists of that description. And why should it change anyway? Thin is healthy :) And if someone wants to be fit, they can do it. It's not impossible. I've got my brother as an example.
 
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QUOTE(Angelina Taylor @ Aug 20 2006, 2:09 PM) *
I'm sorry, but have you heard of Italy.. or Greece? Or other European nations for that matter? They don't usually have "blonde hair, blue eye[s]", as you say. Not all of Europe consists of that description. And why should it change anyway? Thin is healthy :) And if someone wants to be fit, they can do it. It's not impossible. I've got my brother as an example.


Haven't heard of Greece or Italy, totally foreign to me. Never even heard of those. OMG are you serious? I thought everyone in Europe was just blonde hair, blue eyes, long hair, and thin! Because you KNOW how everyone in the same country has the same hair, eye color and size. ohmy.gif _smile.gif
Well maybe the blonde hair, blue eyed, thin, custom did not come from somewhere in Europe.
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glorwen   Why does America want us to be so thin?   Jul 31 2006, 03:22 PM
oX_Muh_Nirvana_Xo   They are just pissed off.. and unhappy with them s...   Jul 31 2006, 03:24 PM
lalalaLANUH   Personally, I don't view larger girls in any o...   Jul 31 2006, 03:26 PM
me+you=love   well america wants people to not be overweight bec...   Jul 31 2006, 03:31 PM
vn cuti3   QUOTE(me+you=love @ Jul 31 2006, 4:3...   Jul 31 2006, 03:47 PM
Youraisemeup   I'm looked down upon cause of my size, i don...   Jul 31 2006, 04:01 PM
femme_fatale4160   That's a good question. It's stupid to th...   Jul 31 2006, 04:59 PM
mzkandi   It's not so much Americans as it is the media ...   Jul 31 2006, 05:09 PM
femme_fatale4160   ^The lady makes a good point.   Jul 31 2006, 05:11 PM
Chad_man   well...fat girls look...ugly(no offence). Also bei...   Jul 31 2006, 05:26 PM
sakaitone   QUOTE(Chad_man @ Jul 31 2006, 6:26 PM) we...   Jul 31 2006, 07:01 PM
Miss[x]Tiff   QUOTE(Chad_man @ Jul 31 2006, 6:26 PM) we...   Dec 30 2006, 01:21 PM
Angelina Taylor   QUOTETiff' date='Dec 30 2006, 1:21 PM...   Jan 4 2007, 04:25 PM
xKatt   QUOTE(Chad_man @ Jul 31 2006, 05:26 PM) w...   Jul 1 2007, 09:13 PM
femme_fatale4160   We're not just talking about being fat, we...   Jul 31 2006, 05:30 PM
femme_fatale4160   ^ I love you and everything you just said.   Jul 31 2006, 07:10 PM
sakaitone   QUOTE(femme_fatale4160 @ Jul 31 2006, 8:1...   Jul 31 2006, 09:22 PM
lalalaLANUH   The media/America/whatever zeros in on our insecur...   Jul 31 2006, 07:32 PM
xbabyboo   I think they want to be thin because being large o...   Jul 31 2006, 08:57 PM
tainted_angel   QUOTE(glorwen @ Jul 31 2006, 1:22 PM) Bes...   Jul 31 2006, 09:25 PM
Evil_One1   My Bio teacher told us a story (he likes to tell s...   Jul 31 2006, 10:25 PM
yanners   I think this now applies to both males and females...   Aug 1 2006, 12:23 AM
Quarantine.   IMO, if they wanted us to be thin they wouldn...   Aug 1 2006, 02:18 AM
LiLaZnGirL122   its not jus america? welll duhh they want ppl to l...   Aug 1 2006, 06:07 AM
kryogenix   Because 60% of America's adults are overweight...   Aug 1 2006, 10:31 AM
Spirited Away   QUOTE(kryogenix @ Aug 1 2006, 10:31 AM) B...   Aug 11 2006, 10:19 AM
Angelina Taylor   ^ You make a good point. I watched this Oprah show...   Aug 1 2006, 11:59 AM
glorwen   wow... my self esteem has been lifted a couple poi...   Aug 1 2006, 04:14 PM
ECD & C0   i dn it annyoys me as well   Aug 1 2006, 05:42 PM
douchebag   Because fat people ruin other people's lives.   Aug 2 2006, 04:39 AM
glorwen   QUOTE(douchebag @ Aug 2 2006, 2:39 AM) Be...   Aug 2 2006, 10:07 AM
Kathleen   QUOTE(glorwen @ Aug 2 2006, 11:07 AM) exc...   Aug 2 2006, 03:08 PM
Kathleen   WHY IS THIS THREAD IN DEBATE? aregg;f QUOTE( ...   Aug 2 2006, 04:56 AM
Billy Joe   I think it is because our fashion industry is rule...   Aug 2 2006, 05:20 PM
xXYouMeBedNowXx   QUOTE(Billy Joe @ Aug 2 2006, 5:20 PM) I ...   Aug 5 2006, 01:22 AM
Teenage Mutant Ninja Meg   i find it really ironic because america is the fat...   Aug 2 2006, 07:49 PM
ichigofan   I think its because nowadays other countries have ...   Aug 3 2006, 02:13 PM
x_ohhsootragicallybeautiful_x3   QUOTE(glorwen @ Jul 31 2006, 3:22 PM) I m...   Aug 4 2006, 07:30 PM
Spiritual Winged Aura   idk. i dont like extreme obese girls, not fat girl...   Aug 5 2006, 01:47 AM
aubbob.   i really don't judge people on what they look ...   Aug 5 2006, 01:56 AM
ChaosPunx   Yeah it the media that potrays girls as super thin...   Aug 5 2006, 08:44 AM
mipadi   QUOTE(ChaosPunx @ Aug 5 2006, 9:44 AM) An...   Aug 5 2006, 09:37 AM
I Shot JFK   ^ well, in the loooooong run you'll die and de...   Aug 5 2006, 11:26 AM
xbloostarx   It's all about majority and minority. A majori...   Aug 7 2006, 02:56 PM
magicfann   america is full of emo kids i call it "the p...   Aug 7 2006, 06:48 PM
rorhinna   I don't think necessarily that America wants ...   Aug 9 2006, 01:09 AM
Uronacid   I would say that originaly america wanted people t...   Aug 9 2006, 08:15 PM
Mandy Pants   QUOTEUgh, I just said, "Being fat and not fit...   Aug 18 2006, 08:48 PM
ZapatoDelFuego   BECAUSE FAT PEOPLE SUCK!!!! jk im...   Aug 18 2006, 08:53 PM
bobby james   You say back in the medival times but honey this i...   Aug 18 2006, 09:03 PM
Angelina Taylor   QUOTE(bobby james @ Aug 18 2006, 10:03 PM...   Aug 20 2006, 04:09 PM
bobby james   QUOTE(Angelina Taylor @ Aug 20 2006, 2:09...   Aug 21 2006, 07:41 AM
Angelina Taylor   ^ Oh yeah, and the rest of the world has to be lik...   Aug 21 2006, 10:32 AM
medic   America does not want you to be thin. Considering ...   Aug 26 2006, 09:02 PM
BrandonSaunders   Civilians are fat and disgusting.   Aug 26 2006, 09:30 PM
Kathleen   ^ Haha. Gee, thanks. My self-esteem went down abo...   Aug 26 2006, 10:06 PM
BrandonSaunders   ^No prob. Seriosuly, I'm tired of all these s...   Aug 26 2006, 10:30 PM
bobby james   ^^ True. A lot of the obesity and fat is cause by ...   Aug 26 2006, 10:51 PM
BrandonSaunders   What people fail to understand is that your physic...   Aug 26 2006, 11:53 PM
pandamonium   American doesnt want us to be thin America wants u...   Sep 3 2006, 12:25 AM
kayceeisms   It's not about being thin, it's about bein...   Sep 4 2006, 06:21 PM
yrrnotelekktric   ...because compared to everyone else, america is w...   Sep 7 2006, 10:45 PM
Monday   I do not view larger people in any of those ways. ...   Sep 7 2006, 10:53 PM
starlette   I can answer this in a simple statement. America ...   Sep 7 2006, 10:56 PM
twinkles6801   id rather be smaller to be healthier and more comf...   Nov 27 2006, 04:40 PM
boo! grr...   hmmm i think it's the fashion/model society th...   Dec 1 2006, 09:05 AM
brandewijn   Alright. I'm a larger woman. I wasn't once...   Dec 30 2006, 07:41 AM
RisingSun   I think it has to do with T.V., music, and modelin...   Dec 30 2006, 01:37 PM
lightsabersavvy   well it's pretty much americas fault, in my op...   Dec 30 2006, 01:41 PM
one_and_only   It's just the media using skinny girls to be t...   Dec 30 2006, 02:28 PM
vash1530   bcuz tha country is too fuckiin fat as a whole   Jan 3 2007, 11:44 PM
My Cinderella.   I understand that America doesn't their people...   Jan 3 2007, 11:46 PM
redmoonflower   I find this stupid Skeleton=MODEL!! Regula...   Jan 4 2007, 01:16 AM
miiichellley   It's weird how we're all under pressure to...   Jan 4 2007, 06:35 PM
APPLEjuicex   maybe it's because we're sick of the stero...   Jan 7 2007, 07:48 PM
miiichellley   Also 'cause people think they'll look like...   Jan 7 2007, 09:34 PM
NYCin2009   I think most it comes from Hollywood and our idoli...   Jun 2 2007, 11:52 PM
nishikigoi   I think it's annoying when people say skinny p...   Jun 13 2007, 10:20 PM
tilanguyenar   Here, here they are: ADVERTISEMENT REMOVED. -mzk...   Jun 14 2007, 12:41 PM
MyMichelle   Because thin is beautiful and sexy and the only th...   Jun 14 2007, 03:24 PM
SenorClean   America would love it if you are fat. That way you...   Jun 14 2007, 05:40 PM
Amechi   i don't have anything against fat girls, they ...   Jun 14 2007, 11:14 PM
elaboratedream   America doesn't want us to be "so thin...   Jun 22 2007, 04:54 PM
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nappyroots1619   OOOoook. Let me start by saying LOL @ retarded cho...   Jun 26 2007, 02:32 AM
medic   Why is automatically America that wants everyone t...   Jun 26 2007, 04:21 PM
steve330   because god said so   Jun 26 2007, 04:26 PM
medic   QUOTE(steve330 @ Jun 26 2007, 04:26 PM) b...   Jun 26 2007, 07:27 PM
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Mercy   QUOTE(steve330 @ Jun 26 2007, 09:26 PM) b...   Jun 30 2007, 04:32 AM
xl0stxThoughtx   I agree with sakaitone   Jun 28 2007, 09:40 AM
Aerjae   McDonalds doesnt want to hold responsibility for y...   Jun 28 2007, 09:43 AM
Trinie   im chubby but im not looked down on. :) i love me....   Jun 28 2007, 10:25 AM
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xgivemethecityx   i think it's wierd that we have a problem with...   Jun 28 2007, 12:26 PM
steve330   I don't. Both are unhealthy. Gotta get justt...   Jun 28 2007, 12:29 PM
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