• Rodeo@lemmy.ca
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    9 months ago

    This is a really popular take, but I think quite the opposite has happened actually: most people in media are a normal healthy weight, but they’ve been demonized as having “impossible” bodies, and I think a major driver of that is people who don’t want to admit that their body is unhealthy. If you claim that a BMI of 22 is “ridiculously unhealthy” then you dont have to put any work in to lose weight; after all it’s the standard that’s wrong!

    As far as the Greek statue thing goes, people just need to understand that they are on steroids. You can look like that too, if you want to juice.

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      9 months ago

      but I think quite the opposite has happened actually: most people in media are a normal healthy weight, but they’ve been demonized as having “impossible” bodies, and I think a major driver of that is people who don’t want to admit that their body is unhealthy

      What is this based on?

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          9 months ago

          No? My claim is based on countless studies over decades. We know for a fact that there are unhealthy standards of beauty/body types pushed in media, advertising, etc. and that they are harmful to our society, particularly for women. This is a measured, proven thing.

          You are providing a competing theory and you need sources.