Alright so I've noticed that it has become very popular for stores and people just writing memes and sayings on pictures, stating that girls with curves are more attractive than the skinny girls that models tend to be. Or any skinny girl for that matter.
As a small person, I'm offended by this.
Now, don't get me wrong, I believe that everyone is beautiful and that size really does not matter (I know a lot of people who don't fit in the 'model' shape) but this bothers me that people are trying to call these girls who are smaller, ugly and disgusting.
Take this shirt for example:
This shirt repulses me. Since birth I have been TINY. At five foot nothing, I don't weigh more than 95 lbs and yes, I'm boney. I have the wrists of a baby and I'm just little. Does that make me ugly? Is it ugly that my body is naturally small? So small that you may be able to see the outlines of my bones? No! That is just how I'm built.
Just like people who are built heavier. Does that make them ugly? No! That's how they're built! Unfortunately there are people out there that think very lowly about people who are overweight. And that's great that people who are overweight can be confident about their bodies! But this ^ is not the way to do it. By putting shit like this on your shirts and on your phone cases, you are just sinking down to their level.
"Real men"? Are you kidding me? Real men don't care what you look like. They love you for who you are. Not your pants size! I just don't understand why people can put shit like this all over the internet and in stores when they're trying so hard to make their life equal and let heavier people become models.
Dogs like bones? So.... what you are saying is that people who are small only deserve guys that will use them, treat them like shit and then move onto the next one? Great! So that explains a couple of the people who have been attracted to me in the past. But what about this amazing guy I'm with now? I guess I don't deserve him either huh?
No, when I see this I do not feel sorry for how advertising works. If you are going to try to break people down who are naturally small and make them feel like shit cause they're not fitting into a certain group, then no, you do not have my support.
However, advertisements have been in the favor of smaller people for a while and yes, that maybe be wrong, but in a way (call me stupid) but I think it's kinda good too.
See, some people like to look at someone who appears to be "perfect" and try and work their way to that level. They have always done this through the times and it will always be like that. People look up to others and want to be like them. There is no problem with this. That's just how some people can get themselves to feel amazing and boost their self esteem. Doesn't mean that everyone will fit into that "perfect" form, but you know you have to figure that out on your own. When it really comes down to it, it doesn't matter what other people think of you or how "attractive" you are to others. All that matters is how you feel about yourself and what makes you happy with yourself!
It would be seriously impossible to get everyone's form of perfect into the media and advertise for every single store. Because everyone is 100% different and wants different things in life. But as it were, they try to make different stores for plus size people and smaller people, so they can focus on different groups and not make people self conscious about how they don't fit in. And I think that's as close as we're gonna get.
Seriously don't take any of this the wrong way cause I honestly don't care and love everyone for who they are not what they look like!
But then there is another side to it as well. In my opinion, isn't using smaller people on ads a way of motivating people to get into better shape? Not even to just lose weight but also to get them healthier? I know that when I see something that I want and know I cannot wear yet (cause of problems I come up with in my head as a girl) I try to work on those things to make them better and so that I can get the thing I want.
I'm not saying that everyone needs to get smaller and they'll finally be happy about themselves, but it also wouldn't be bad for everyone to see that as American's we are grouped into this bunch of fat fast food eating red necks. But why? It doesn't have to be that way. I know there will people a lot of people who will naturally have a weight problem, but why can't we work out for ourselves and our own bodies and not to look good? And why on earth would we punish and shun people who do work out and spend every second of their day working on their health?
You also have to realize that obesity or being overweight (although sad) is not the only problem that people can have with their bodies. Some people have a naturally fast metabolism or have sunk into a deep eating disorder. So they're disgusting? No, it's still sad! They have a problem too that they can't easily get out of and I think people need to be more sensitive to that as well. Cause most of those models that you bash so hard on, have really hard lives too.
Another problem I have with shirts and sayings like these is that come on girls... you cannot honestly sit there and say that "real men" like girls with curves when you are sitting there looking at all these really fit guys with a six pack and not an ounce of fat anywhere on their bodies! That is the same thing that is happening now with guys and skinny girls as models! I do not know one person who purposely searches for a bigger man! And they need love too! Why should you be able to sit there and find your perfect man as being what the advertisements show, yet bash on the women that are the same as the men.
Now here is a shirt that makes sense....
Fact. There are a lot of pretty girls that are larger. But you have to remember that there are also pretty girls that are smaller by nature. It's not our fault! As it is not your fault most of the time! Now, I would buy this cause it makes sense. Nothing offensive to anyone. It's not throwing "what is right" or "what is true" in your face. It's just nice :)
My rant went on longer than I had planned but I'm hoping that if just one person reads this and I have changed how they think, my work is done. It's so sad how people treat other people. Big or small, we are all people and deserve the same treatment.
