in how a person treats their body, but this felt like an unhealthy standard. She's slender except for a tiny belly, but she and everyone around her treats her as "fat". She chooses to lose the couple of vanity pounds on her stomach NOT for health reasons or even her own confidence- she literally says she wants a body her future boyfriend would compliment. She bases her appearance of how a man would see her- a theoretical boyfriend that doesn't even exist yet. This story could've been about accepting yourself or even about her working out because she wants to be healthier or stronger. It feels weird that it's all about losing a few pounds to look skinny enough for men. ...and she was already slender.
I've had kids and was once quite overweight, medically speaking. I'm now on the slimmer side of a healthy weight, but would have to lose about 10% of my weight to look like her when she was "chubby". I would be furious if someone said I needed to lose weight to look good for a man... I'm healthy and it's my body, not some dude's. The way this comic framed being super skinny if you want men to like you... it feels messed up.
in how a person treats their body, but this felt like an unhealthy standard. She's slender except for a tiny belly, but she and everyone around her treats her as "fat". She chooses to lose the couple of vanity pounds on her stomach NOT for health reasons or even her own confidence- she literally says she wants a body her future boyfriend would compliment. She bases her appearance of how a man would see her- a theoretical boyfriend that doesn't even exist yet. This story could've been about accepting yourself or even about her working out because she wants to be healthier or stronger. It feels weird that it's all about losing a few pounds to look skinny enough for men. ...and she was already slender.
I've had kids and was once quite overweight, medically speaking. I'm now on the slimmer side of a healthy weight, but would have to lose about 10% of my weight to look like her when she was "chubby". I would be furious if someone said I needed to lose weight to look good for a man... I'm healthy and it's my body, not some dude's. The way this comic framed being super skinny if you want men to like you... it feels messed up.
Ugh, sorry. It irritated me.