We Have No Right To Push This Onto Our Children
This is one legacy we must leave behind us
It didn’t start with Boomers. In fact, I’m not sure that any of us could possibly sort out where “it” began, “it” being our obsession with thinness.
Every so often I see a online argument between people, usually someone who did their research and someone else who is only spouting their opinion sans research but of course, treating their opinion as fact. This particular kerfuffle had to do with whether or not a more corpulent body was at one time considered beautiful (for either sex, thanks). Doubt me? See this.
The answer to that is yes, it was. Depending on what part of the world you’re in, still is. And before someone barks at me that “thin was always in” please see this:
While this isn’t exactly scientific, it does march us through time to see how the standards, virtually always determined by male desires and preferences, have shifted. In some cultures, people who are large are considered rich because they can eat. You and I could argue all day about…
