In today's society, it is believed that the media is portraying people, specifically women, to need to be twig skinny. All over the Internet, you see things saying "guys like girls with curves" and all sorts of other stereotypes that put down skinny women.
Let's take "All About That Bass" by Megan Trainor, for example. While the song attempts to say that "bigger" women are fine just the way they are, it completely bashes those "skinny bitches," as she states in the song.
Women are told to love the body that they're in, no matter what shape or size, but how am I supposed to do that when I'm constantly told to eat a hamburger?
We're told to gain weight when we're skinny, then told to lose some when we put on that weight.
As a 5'1 girl who has never weighed more than 100 lbs, let me tell you something:
Being told that you look anorexic hurts just as much as being called fat.
Don't get me wrong, people definitely are judged for being overweight, and that's in no way right, but skinny shaming always gets put in the back burner.
Yes, there are definitely people who are skinny after taking drastic and unhealthy measures to get that way. But the reality is that most women that are categorized as skinny were born that way. If I'm only 5'1, so it's a little unrealistic for me to weigh much more. People fail to forget that weight also comes with height. Hence, those who are taller tend to weigh more.
Let's also talk about thigh gaps.
A true thigh gap is something you are born with as a result of having wider hips.
Looking to gain a thigh gap is physically impossible since it is not based on weight, and having a thigh gap does not indicate that someone is too skinny.
Metabolism also plays an important role in one's weight. I can't help the fact that I can eat anything that I want and not gain any weight. If anything, it's a curse rather than a blessing. Since I know I can eat anything I want and know I won't gain any weight, I have always been far from healthy; I eat a lot of junk food and rarely exercise. My body may not show that on the outside, but I'm sure in the future my insides will not appreciate these choices.
So the next time you tell that girl to go eat a hamburger, remember that she is only human too. Even skinny girls have days where they feel fat and bloated. Don't tell them that they have no right to feel that way.
Remember that they can't control skinny and teasing them about it won't do anything but hurt their feelings.
Yes, I look in the mirror and see that I'm skinny, but that doesn't mean I don't have any insecurities at all.
Almost no one is completely satisfied with their body and that's normal.
We need to stop setting any type of standards for what girls should look like. Every girl is different and should be able to flaunt that aspect of themselves. Society needs to embrace being different.
The truth is that perfection is not a good goal to try to attain because you will never achieve it.
Learn to be happy with who you are and don't dwell over what you aren't.
