Do you want to know what makes me violently ill? Super tiny models, the concept that every single girl should be a size zero, and nipples on mannequins. Who came up with that one?
Why do the entertainment and advertising industries force Americans to believe that women should only come in one size -- twig? I am willing to come out and say that I am nowhere near the size of a twig, I would guess more like the size of a small log. Should I become anorexic to fit into the mold set by some high muckety-muck? I don't think so.
In every single ad in magazines or commercials on TV, people see young blonde women who weigh about 90 pounds, and about half of that weight is taken up by their 36 double D breasts. Young girls are brought up playing with Barbie and are made to think that they need to be as beautiful and glamorous as her.
When one really breaks down Barbie's measurements, they come out to 38-18-34, measurements that could never be possible in real life. Girls should not be brought up to think that these are the proportions that they should aspire to, and it only leads to eating disorders and unnecessary plastic surgery.
Every magazine that you open is filled with ads of models selling cigarettes, alcohol, cosmetics and cars. All of those models are the teeniest things. These ads use sex to sell the products, but all they are selling are unrealistic hopes for men and women. Men hope to find girls like these, and women hope to look like them.
Genetics do not allow all women to become those sizes. No matter how much Slim Fast a woman drinks or how many sit-ups and squats she does, she will not be able to be a size zero, or even a size two. Women do not expect men's penises to grow longer with exercises, so why should women use creams and pills to make their breasts grow? The entertainment industries need to give up these pipe dreams.
And what is with the nipples? Within the past year or so mannequins have grown nipples, something they never had before. Do the nipples really make someone want to buy a shirt? It just degrades women even more, not only do they have to weigh 90 pounds, but now their nipples need to be erect. All this has done is given plastic surgeons the opportunity to perform another frivolous surgery.
Women need to sit up and take notice that they are beautiful. If we weigh over 120 pounds, we may come off as big to the media, but in real life we are beautiful. I am not afraid to say that I am 145 pounds and I feel beautiful and sexy. My boyfriend loves me and will love me for whatever size I am. More men need to take his lead.
It is time to stop buying into the ideal that skinny is beautiful. If you are naturally a skinny girl, fantastic for you, but if you are a little bit bigger and curvaceous, you are equally fantastic. Be proud of your size and sexuality and do not, I repeat, do not let the ad and entertainment industries get you down. It is time to be big, beautiful and bold.
