Moogyboy
Contributor
I hope I'm not stepping out of line by posting this, especially here, but a post in another forum just kinda bugged me a bit and I thought I ought to open it up to discussion. I know that weight and body image are a touchy subject...but I'm curious about what attitudes are around here, especially with the women here who happen to be fuller in figure than normal.
Here's the thing, see: my girlfriend (who doesn't dive...at least not yet) is short but big, if you understand, and she's had to put up with body image resulting social problems all her life, so much so that she's aligned herself with the fat acceptance movement and has something of an adversarial stance with the so-called "normal" world which places so much importance on being thin and model-beautiful. Of course I love her a lot and I personally accept the way she looks (I think she's beautiful, no mincing of words), but the constant barrage of anti-weight bias all around from both media and individuals puts a lot of confusion in me, plus it doesn't do anything positive for her I'm sure. And I'd be lying if I said that the 90% of women who are "normal" girth aren't generally attractive...not that it really makes any difference in how I feel about my gf. This recent aggressive crusade against obesity in America is troubling as well...
Anyway, my head is swimming, and I wanted to field this (hopefully) discussion on how you ladies see this thing. Just trying to make sense of stuff as a guy who really really likes a big gal.
cheers
Billy S
Here's the thing, see: my girlfriend (who doesn't dive...at least not yet) is short but big, if you understand, and she's had to put up with body image resulting social problems all her life, so much so that she's aligned herself with the fat acceptance movement and has something of an adversarial stance with the so-called "normal" world which places so much importance on being thin and model-beautiful. Of course I love her a lot and I personally accept the way she looks (I think she's beautiful, no mincing of words), but the constant barrage of anti-weight bias all around from both media and individuals puts a lot of confusion in me, plus it doesn't do anything positive for her I'm sure. And I'd be lying if I said that the 90% of women who are "normal" girth aren't generally attractive...not that it really makes any difference in how I feel about my gf. This recent aggressive crusade against obesity in America is troubling as well...
Anyway, my head is swimming, and I wanted to field this (hopefully) discussion on how you ladies see this thing. Just trying to make sense of stuff as a guy who really really likes a big gal.
cheers
Billy S