I brought it up in class once. I said, Class, 54% of women would rather be hit by a truck than be fat. And I expected to see outrage. But instead of seeing horror on the looks of my female students faces, I heard a series of questions. I heard, How big is the truck? What kind of truck? How fast is it going? and, Just how much, exactly, would it hurt? And it kind of makes sense, I think probably getting hit by a truck...hurts. But theres something else that hurts too, and thats living in a culture where you are bombarded with these three messages, over and over, and over gain: Message 1: Beautiful is the most important, most powerful thing a girl or woman can be. Message 2: This is what beauty looks like, and, Message 3, which is sometimes implicit, its sometimes just an inference: You dont look like this. ..this is beauty sickness.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:03:52 +0000
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