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Another solution is to accept our bodies as they are and not to promote unrealistic beauty standards in our media
by lapetitejort 1y ago
Another solution is to accept our bodies as they are and not to promote unrealistic beauty standards in our media
- xvilka 1y agoSubjective beauty standards aside, there is objective health "standard", obesity is a source of so many health problems, for the individual and society.
- somenameforme 1y agoStaying in good shape also has major effects on your mentality, energy levels, and much more. It just turns out that as you age you've really gotta start shifting your diet hard from what it was like when you were younger.
- ta1243 1y agoHowever staying in shape by becoming a gym bro spending hours a week lifting weights and chugging protein powder also has major effects on your mentality, and those aren't good effects.
- lvzw 1y agoWhat effects do you think lifting weights regularly has on one's mentality, and why don't you think that those are not good effects?
- robertlagrant 1y agoObesity isn't the thing you have just before you become a "gym bro". There's a chasm separating them.
- ta1243 1y agoSure, and I maintain with healthy weight just on the normal walks around the village (although I did go slightly into the "overweight" category after one Christmas The point is that it's very easy to go too far in the opposite direction, from being overweight to being a gym addict.
- wonderwonder 1y agoThey are not pushed by the media though. Men and women are attracted to what they are attracted to. We instinctively know if someone is attractive to us. Its easy to say person A is more attractive than person B. Thinner and more in shape people are more attractive than obese people. This is just a fact of life, no one is to blame for it.
- DougN7 1y agoIf anything it’s genetics at play attempting to produce the healthiest offspring.
- grafmax 1y agoStandards of attractiveness vary significantly across cultures, so a simplistic biological perspective is misguided. It’s reasonable to argue that attraction is instinctive, but only if we acknowledge that our understanding of those instincts is shaped by cultural influences - including mass media.
- wonderwonder 1y agoThat hot girl in the club is going to be a hot girl in the club, regardless of the club being located in New York, Tel Aviv, Dubai or Nairobi No need to over complicate things
- grafmax 1y agoThat’s modern globalized cultural, which doesn’t really represent the expanse of human cultural diversity, and is heavily influenced by modern social and mass media. Think instead of examples such as lip plates, extreme fattening, crossed eyes, unibrows, tooth blackening - all features considered attractive in different cultures.
- wonderwonder 1y agoEverything you have listed are niche fetishes with no widespread acceptance in society. Again, the hot girl in the club is going to be considered hot by most of the people practicing these fetishes as well. This is akin to me saying women on average are shorter than men and you retorting with "I know a tall woman"
- Night_Thastus 1y agoThere's a huge difference between accepting some natural amount of body fat, and also realizing that there is an absolutely astronomical obesity epidemic in most of the industrialized world. Accepting obesity is not a good idea - it's bad for physical health, it's bad for mental health, it's bad for the economy. It's just bad and something needs to be done about it.
- nunez 1y agoWe should accept the fact that some people are more genetically inclined to gain more weight than others, and that this is perfectly fine.
- Night_Thastus 1y agoThe genetic aspect is quite small. People vastly over estimate the concept of a 'fast metabolism' or a 'slow metabolism', it's more fiction than fact. The fact is calories in and calories out. Despite that, losing weight is not easy. It is not trivial or simple. It takes consistent hard work over many months. Making wishy-washy excuses for some people does not solve the problem.
- cjbgkagh 1y agoThere are few things more damaging in life than being overweight - as can be clearly seen in shorter lifespans. Obesity is roughly equal to smoking.