Just about 40 years ago, our modeling industry was overruled by skinny, tall women. These women gave an inaccurate representation of the natural look of women in society. Most models looked anorexic, unhealthy, and unrealistic. Models also began to influence women to embrace an impossible look, as some would resort to starving themselves and developing eating disorders. Men became obsessed with the look as well. They desired a skinny woman with long legs, just like they would see in the magazines. The modeling industry did not celebrate the different body types found among women.
However, our society has branched out and begun to set a new trend. Nowadays, big beautiful women are "in" and skinny tall women are "out." Social media has played a significant role in this change of trends. Women are constantly finding themselves doing squat workouts to have a big booty and men lust over the idea of women with big curves. So, what happened? Why the sudden change of heart, world?
Maybe we have Kim Kardashian, Nicki Minaj, and Amber Rose to thank. They all have changed the game when it comes to having big butts, with some of them even getting implants to emphasize this trait. Or maybe we should thank the rappers of today’s music industry. Nobody has ever written a song about small butts. Rappers, including Drake, Future, and Kanye, love to encourage twerking and big butts. I mean, how we could forget Drake’s unforgettable line, “I like my girls BBW. So thick that everyone else in the room is so uncomfortable.” I do not know about you, but I would have hated being in that room.
Regardless of who’s to blame, having a big butt is as unrealistic as the skinny tall women the world was obsessing over not too long ago. Women continue to embrace impossible looks dictated by women whose butts are not even real. Stop these “booty goals” and “squat life” hashtags. You do not want it. Trust me, having a big butt is not all that.
Do not get me wrong. I love my curves. However, big butts are a struggle and I cannot lie. Big butts have become overly sexualized in the media. People no longer appreciate the curves of a woman, instead, they exploit it.
Shopping is painful for big women. Even though society has begun to embrace bigger women, clothing lines have yet to cater to plus size women. Buying jeans and dresses is a constant struggle.
People also think they can just touch your butt without even asking because it is bigger than average. Men just assume they can have sex with you, instead of thinking “maybe her conversation is thicker than she is.” There is also this misconception that big butts do not have stretch marks or cellulite, but, for some, those come along with the booty too.
Women have to understand that, when it comes to big butts, you either got it or you don’t. Most of it is genetics anyway. Do not feed into the media’s definition of beauty. Whether you are tall and skinny or voluptuous and short, celebrate your own body and own it. Each body type comes with its own advantages and disadvantages, but that is the beauty of it all. Love yourself and let all types of women be in season all year long.
