Comments on: Is Society Finally Accepting “Normal”-Size Women? http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/01/17/is-society-finally-accepting-%e2%80%9cnormal%e2%80%9d-size-women/178 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:02:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: gretchen http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/01/17/is-society-finally-accepting-%e2%80%9cnormal%e2%80%9d-size-women/178#comment-893 gretchen Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:06:33 +0000 http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/01/17/is-society-finally-accepting-%e2%80%9cnormal%e2%80%9d-size-women/178#comment-893 I liked the 1st episode of this, and kind of tivo'd through the 3nd. The 3rd was titled "plastic surgery" - so I skipped it. I just didn't want to get upset if it was portraying implants in a positive light, etc. Did anyone catch this surgery episode? I liked the 1st episode of this, and kind of tivo’d through the 3nd. The 3rd was titled “plastic surgery” - so I skipped it. I just didn’t want to get upset if it was portraying implants in a positive light, etc. Did anyone catch this surgery episode?

]]> By: Pam http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/01/17/is-society-finally-accepting-%e2%80%9cnormal%e2%80%9d-size-women/178#comment-884 Pam Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:12:21 +0000 http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/01/17/is-society-finally-accepting-%e2%80%9cnormal%e2%80%9d-size-women/178#comment-884 Hi Holly, I could not agree more!! Thanks for the comment. Pam Hi Holly,

I could not agree more!!
Thanks for the comment.
Pam

]]> By: Holly http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/01/17/is-society-finally-accepting-%e2%80%9cnormal%e2%80%9d-size-women/178#comment-877 Holly Sun, 20 Jan 2008 07:12:45 +0000 http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/01/17/is-society-finally-accepting-%e2%80%9cnormal%e2%80%9d-size-women/178#comment-877 I couldn't agree more! The media must start portraying women with natural curves as sexy, as attractive. We need to go back in time in the sense that women with big greats, big hips, and natural tummies are the sexiest, back in the 'Marilyn Monroe is the sexiest woman alive and is a size 16' time. I couldn’t agree more! The media must start portraying women with natural curves as sexy, as attractive. We need to go back in time in the sense that women with big greats, big hips, and natural tummies are the sexiest, back in the ‘Marilyn Monroe is the sexiest woman alive and is a size 16′ time.

]]> By: Gloria http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/01/17/is-society-finally-accepting-%e2%80%9cnormal%e2%80%9d-size-women/178#comment-875 Gloria Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:15:18 +0000 http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/01/17/is-society-finally-accepting-%e2%80%9cnormal%e2%80%9d-size-women/178#comment-875 Here's a very interesting theory: Today's extreme beauty standards have their roots in the fashion industry, when it was dominated by gay men living out their fantasies of what they think are perfect women through their models. I don't necessarily believe this, but Carson would seem to be the very opposite. And personally, I've often found that the men who really liked women (inside and out) are gay men, who commiserate with you, are interested in so many of the things you're interested in, and who just love to hang around you, for totally different reasons straight men generally like to hang around women for. So, what better guide could America have than Carson in showing our society how to and what to love in women? Here’s a very interesting theory: Today’s extreme beauty standards have their roots in the fashion industry, when it was dominated by gay men living out their fantasies of what they think are perfect women through their models. I don’t necessarily believe this, but Carson would seem to be the very opposite. And personally, I’ve often found that the men who really liked women (inside and out) are gay men, who commiserate with you, are interested in so many of the things you’re interested in, and who just love to hang around you, for totally different reasons straight men generally like to hang around women for. So, what better guide could America have than Carson in showing our society how to and what to love in women?

]]> By: Sybil http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/01/17/is-society-finally-accepting-%e2%80%9cnormal%e2%80%9d-size-women/178#comment-874 Sybil Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:37:19 +0000 http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/01/17/is-society-finally-accepting-%e2%80%9cnormal%e2%80%9d-size-women/178#comment-874 Hey, Pam. I love Carson, too! I live in the "land of the uber lovely" where stores don't carry size 12 and some women who want to shop in those stores become bulemic and anorexic to be a size zero. That's zero in my book. I Tivo Carson because when I need a quick fix of love, he's the one. Kinda Mr. Rogers for over 30s. One problem is that we, who have been reconstructed, don't follow the same rules of buying a bra that they do on that show. That's kinda frustrating. So when they talk about "foundation" I think about the foundation we need in our thinking to keep the self-esteem that Carson sells so well. Thanks for the great article. Hey, Pam. I love Carson, too! I live in the “land of the uber lovely” where stores don’t carry size 12 and some women who want to shop in those stores become bulemic and anorexic to be a size zero. That’s zero in my book.

I Tivo Carson because when I need a quick fix of love, he’s the one. Kinda Mr. Rogers for over 30s.

One problem is that we, who have been reconstructed, don’t follow the same rules of buying a bra that they do on that show. That’s kinda frustrating. So when they talk about “foundation” I think about the foundation we need in our thinking to keep the self-esteem that Carson sells so well.

Thanks for the great article.

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