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This post makes a lot of assumptions which aren't necessarily true. In regards to money vs health: this isn't as clear-cut cause and effect. One could just as
by BlargMcLarg 6y ago
This post makes a lot of assumptions which aren't necessarily true.
In regards to money vs health: this isn't as clear-cut cause and effect. One could just as well claim that having constant financial troubles is likely to cause mental health issues, which in turn drains one's will power and likeliness to stick to a diet and regimen without comfort. In this case, money becomes the barrier to entry rather than the person making the decision to focus on not being poor over being healthy. We see this in the common argument that eating healthy is more expensive, which is too simplified: sure, eating extremely healthy is expensive, but loads of fast food bought my poor people both take up more time and are less healthy than cheaper alternatives. Clearly, there is more going on there.
Regarding sexual violence: way too many factors are at play here. Mental health issues. Correlations between attractiveness and wealth, the halo effect, etc. Just like one could argue being above average draws more attention, so too can one argue that being above average gives them power that an average person wouldn't have. Add onto that sexual violence itself doesn't necessitate the victim be above average in attractiveness at all, only that they surpassed the attractiveness floor set by the assaulter. For many assaulters, that floor is very low.
Being attractive and healthy isn't rocket science for the far majority of people. But as your second point puts it, there is too much money to be gained in pressuring both adults and kids to form poor habits and profiting off it.