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Women's Body Celebration

Work It Girl!

Written by: Jackie O., Senior Editor – Posted: Thu Mar 1st, 2007
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As women, we are faced with constant pressure to find that life-long balance: Do well in school, one day have a great job, have kids, get married... the list goes on and on and yet through it all, we are expected to remain picture perfect at all times. How often do you find yourself wondering how much easier life would be if you were "prettier" or thinner? You can almost picture yourself staring in the mirror sighing.

If this is you, time to exhale. You are not alone. Approximately 7 million girls struggle with eating disorders and body image difficulties. Forty-five percent of women are on a diet at any given day. We have all been hearing statistics such as these for years now. We know there is a problem; however, this month, instead of discussing the problem, we are going to talk about solutions.

It is Women's History Month, and a part of celebrating being a woman is celebrating our differences: our brunette hair, blonde hair, flat butts, bubble butts, tanned skin, un-naturally white teeth, anything and everything that makes each of us who we are--and it's a lot more than what's on the outside!
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This article is so trye I agree 100%. A lot of people are quick to
judge and say " She is soo fat. She must be a horrible person."
Just because you're not perfect it doesn't mean you're not
beautiful.
Funny thing: The AVERAGE British woman between 20-50 is a size 16
dress (US size 12), size 36C bra. And at least half of all
high-street fashion stores, and about 75% of designers, go UP TO a
size 14, and UP TO a B cup. So not even as large as the average
size.

They say that about half of all people are overweight. Of course,
they wouldn't be considered overweight if we weren't working with
such outdated ideas of what "normal" is. Naturally, I can't speak
for everyone, but I think most people will agree that you can't
use an arbitrary figure to classify people as normal, over or
underweight, when people have such different body types.

I'm not even just talking about the fashion industry. The medical
profession has a big problem with the way they classify people,
too. I have a lot of muscle in my body. Muscle weighs a hell of a
lot more than fat. I have some fat, sure, and I'm not denying that
I should lose a few pounds. But I know that when I get down to the
weight that the charts tell me I should be, I look emaciated. Not
just thin, but cancer-patient thin. And if that's what I'm
"supposed" to be, if that is my "healthy" weight - well, there's
something wrong with those standards.

If you get enough exercise and generally eat well (and I'm not
saying you can't indulge sometimes), your body should take itself
to your correct weight without having to screw around with
ridiculous diets.

(Medical conditions like underactive thyroid aside, of course.)
I agree,the people in the ads aren't normal people.Even if you
have a good diet and such there's still a pooch or some sorta
thing u dislike bout ur self.everyone has their problem areas.I'm
skinny and no on e really notices unless i point it out bc i'm not
over weight but even slimmer people have fat rolls or stretch
marks or poochy tummies,lol.That is normal.They should show stuff
like that in ads if normal is what they are trying to really
convey.
the thing that i HATE about the dove ads is that the women still
have flat tummies and toned bodies. they aren't normal. normal
people have pooch tummies and rolls and fat in places that they
hate.

so it's still propaganda...because us plus size girls are still
going "i don't even look like the girls in the dove ads...what's
wrong with me?"
Yeah, we shouldn't freak out about weight and criticize ourselves,
but staying on a healthy diet is important also. People aren't
fat, they just have different body types and people just have to
learn to accept that because everyone will be faced with things
tlike this throughout their lives whether they want to or not...
I agree! We need to stop worrying about our weight and cut
ourselves some slack. Women today and always have been hard
workers. Throughout history we have taken care of our children
while our husbands have gone to the pub to drink away the
money.(at least thats what they did in ireland and are doing in
africa and asia) Thankfully women are naturally responsible AND
are the ones who have to give birth. It is recognised in Africa
that the women are in fact keeping this country afloat! The men
have the tendancy to go off and drink and remember the good times
when they were happy and not in camps or starving where as the
women cook, clean, scrub, mend, darn, and feed their children.
Ever since Cleopatra's era ended its been a downward spiral and
its time for that to change!
I agree that you don't have to be a twig to be beautiful! Just 2
year ago i reolized that no matter how skinny i get, i will still
be curvy. I used to want to be stick thinn, but now i view myself
as just a different body type, not fat. Also, i am 5'10, have a
high bone density, and used to want to weigh like 110-120 lbs. I
know now that i could never weigh that little, and that it
wouldn't be healthy. I used to feel horible about my weight, even
though i was skinner than some people who wighed less than me. but
now i am FINALLY comfortable with my weight.
I just like the idea of being healthy and trying something new.
There are loads of perks to being a woman and we don't take
advantage of them! The guys get to do enough stuff as it is. I say
lets have our moment in the sun, have fun and be prould of who we
are and where we came from.
I agree about surrounding yourself with friends who are
optimistic, and also giving yourself compliments instead of
criticizing yourself. They definitely help with the
confidence-thing.