Let me start off by saying that I'm not advocating for everyone to be a size 2, or for society to only celebrate certain body types. I'm not here to tell you what your healthy weight range is either. I'm questioning the motives behind a large movement. Who is behind these "movements," and do they really care how people feel?
Well, let's answer those questions. Most of the things that come to mind when I hear body confidence movements are brands...which almost answers the second question in itself. It boils down to advertising and marketing...anything to get more consumers, right? Maybe they do care about people's confidence but at the exception that it's benefiting them.
With that being said, the body confidence movement could be clouding a lot of people's thought process. Sure, everyone should absolutely feel confident and beautiful. BUT...where do we draw the line? Our society is not okay with people having drug addictions because it endangers lives...so how is this any different?
Dr. Garth Davis states "...this movement to be comfortable with our bodies has made us comfortable with being sick, and that's a huge problem." There's no denying this seeing as heart disease and diabetes have been sweeping across the nation. My question is when do people say enough is enough. Why do we wait until health is seriously in danger to finally speak up, and not instead focus on prevention?
This campaign/movement essentially encourages people to put their appearance before their health and that isn't right. In my eyes, part of feeling beautiful is also physically feeling healthy on the inside. I think we can all agree that there have been times where we felt like we looked good, but still felt super crappy on the inside. Encourage people to feel beautiful, but also encourage them to be healthy in order to maintain their confidence in the long term.
