French Deputies Want Labels On Photo-Altered Models to Combat Anorexia
This is to fight anorexia by clearly stating that the unnaturally thin woman on the magazine really is unnaturally thin.
I don’t know what it’s like to be a woman, but even the most confident women I know have huge problems with their bodies. When some of my extremely skinny female friends start whining about how fat they are, I can’t help but wonder how they can possibly think that.
I’ve met quite a few women who complain about their weight, but who aren’t actually upset with their weight. To be more clear, they complain about their weight—which really isn’t a problem—so that a guy will compliment them, or otherwise insist that they look great. Granted, the women who I know who do this are women who are at least as confident as most guys, but still, if you’re a woman who’s 5’ 5” and 100 pounds (extrapolate as necessary), you are not fat. Of course, some need to hear this for their own good, while others are just looking for attention, but differentiating between the two on a physical basis is impossible.
Then I look at, well, all media, and I see these photo-altered women with their perfect bone structures, impossible proportions, etc. Then I wonder how any woman could possibly get thru life without body issues.
Normal women should be able to get through life without any body issues, but the first step isn’t to make them aware that supermodels are an exception to the rule. That’s nothing more than common sense, much like “cigarettes are bad for you.” Instead, in my mind, the first logical step is for women to stop needlessly comparing themselves to models with visible ribs, which—as far as I know—is no man’s fantasy. It’s easier said than done, of course, and my perspective as a guy is skewed, to say the least. But then again, if women are adopting these “ideals” for men, maybe it’s our job to speak up?
