Basically the woman informed her she should go eat something and that men don't find thin attractive. I get fairly riled up about this because people are all shapes and sizes and just because you don't fit the stereotype of 'being female' doesn't mean your anything less of a woman.
A few years ago, the fashion industry, the media and advertisers went nuts trying to get us all on board with this idea of the curvy woman. They needed to get us behind it because women who were larger then a size 0 were switching off from glossy adverts that told us what size we were meant to be. So they came up with the idea of 'celebrating curves'. This was actually a great idea which really helped women to become more comfortable with fashion, their bodies and their confidence levels in general - however, it came with a cost.
In the rush to love and prove our love for our larger sisters, it came at the expense of those who are naturally thin. Now, I am not talking about eating disorders but rather natural thin body shapes. We all know one, that girl who eats like a horse and never gains a pound? Yeah, thats what we are talking about because for every girl who gains weight everytime she smells cake, there is a girl that can put away a horse sized happy meal.
It's just nature. But it is not fair to have a go at someone for their natural figure and to tell them that men wont find them attractive because of how they naturally are is disgusting. I don't consider myself huge or thin because I sit nicely on the fence. I do have one small problem, while women don't comment on my weight - they comment on my height.
I don't know when it became acceptable to bash someone if they are thin or tall. You would never hear it in reverse because people assume, oh, she might be self conscious. I would never walk up to a short person and say, god look at the height of you! because I'm worried that might be offensive. However, girls don't share my views and often ask me how I find men because of my height (I'm 6ft in flat shoes) and do I struggle to find jeans that fit. (the answer to both questions is difficult)
I know its going to be a long time before we accept women for what they are. The media quite frankly isn't going to let us and if it does, we have a lot of unprograming to do on our younger generation. But still, the rant here is it is completely unfair to comment on someone's height or weight just because they don't fit the typical. Even if someone is naturally thin, it does mean they are self conscious like everyone else, they are have the same issues as everyone else. Commenting on it doesn't make it any easier on them. I do think its a great thing that we celebrate curvier women but not at the expensive of those who are naturally thin.
I've written before about the hideous label that this movement has 'real women'. Can we not accept that real women are everywhere? They are size 0 - 30, they have/not lumps or bumps and they are not one particular size dictated by advertisers! I say we ditch the idea of curvy or thin and just start referring to women as women and stop creating this 'which side are you on' business.
The only people who win from that are the advertisers. Oh and Heat magazine.
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