Why do people pressure others into being skinny as h ell?

Our society has an odd paradox.

We are fatter than we have ever been but our ideal of beauty is now thinner than it ever has been. The end result is that almost everyone feels bad about their body.

When our ideal figure requires us to watch every bite we take and workout hours/day there is something wrong with this. Most people do not have the priorities or time to keep this up.

The disconnect between reality and fantasy is the cause of our eating disorders where people starve or purge trying to attain an unrealistic weight.

It’s horrible!I am skinny as heck but I didn’t chose to be this way!My mom is like this and so is my bro.I am trying to gain weight but it’s hard(for me!Lol!)But the reason is b/c they want to be flawless.There is all of these t.v shows,magizenes,movies and much more telling how pretty these girls are and the normal girls are like”I wanna look like that.”And totally harm themselves!It’s wrong and horrible!!!It’s not real!!!Hope I helped!!!=D

I agree. It’s really shocking when you see someone trying to be so skinny. It also really pisses me off when they photoshop models and celebrities into looking all perfect when everyone is far from that. I mean, can’t they show that even they have flaws? To them it seems to be ways of making money but it’s just making other girls feel badly about themselves.

So true and its WRONG! These girls are beautiful and they destroy themselves!