They were the standard of the time, so people aspired to that. Originally Posted by FancyinheelsNot true. They were rich. People aspired to be rich, just like we do with our rich people today. They weren't the standard, they were the exception, just as our mega-wealthy today.
Not so sure that some of them weren't loved. Most famous art, paintings and sculptures from ancient Greece through the Renaissance well past the Reubensque era, shows very curvaceous women who would be considered plus-sized, possibly obese today. Originally Posted by FancyinheelsVery true, ever wonder why? First, rich people could afford to commission people to paint their picture. Second, painters in the Renaissance were very fond of using hookers as their nude subjects. Kind of interesting...hookers back then and hookers now are a universal fat group...hmm...
Interesting how near-anorexia has been encouraged only over the last century to become synonymous with beauty, but thankfully, that seems to be changing as more REAL women with natural, filled-out bodies take their places in the spotlight. Originally Posted by FancyinheelsAnd therein lies the problem. We're changing NOT because we think normal weight is bad looking, we're changing because too many people think they'll never look like that and they're tired of being ridiculed for it. Fat people aren't being accepted because it's a better way of life or because people think it looks more "natural" or more "beautiful"...they're being accepted because we don't want to offend any of these lazy bastards.
As I said before...fuck that noise...
We've now changing to accept fat people because we're too lazy to change ourselves and we don't want to offend them...well done people. As part of the food and diet change initiative, our society is going to have to come to the hard conclusion that being fat ISN'T attractive, and being fat ISN'T healthy. The government is going to waste billions of tax dollars trying to convince all you fat people to stop being a drain on our society by showing you facts, figures and everything else, and in the end you're going to ignore all of that because you think you're attractive...
Got news for you...
As long as a physician determines that a person is in good heath, and there are many "fat people" who have no heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, or breathing problems, what they tip the scales at is between them and their dietician. Originally Posted by FancyinheelsWrong again. This is just a classic excuse to avoid the work necessary to not be fat. You think things will stay this way for the entirety of their life? They WILL have health problems. They WILL cause lost productivity. They WILL have issues beyond what they have right this second. It's going to happen, and saying "I'm healthy now" is nothing but a fucking excuse...and when they're fat later in life, it'll be a hundred times harder to fix their problems, if not impossible...