Why are skinny/thin women getting attacked so much lately?

Question

I liked a celebrity page on Facebook:

They posted a beautiful picture of Angelina Jolie in a red gown, and everyone was saying "ew she looks like a twig" "someone feed her" "she looks skinny and terrible". 

The next day, that same page posted a picture of Rebel Wilson wearing a red dress and everyone was like "she looks gorgeous", "what a beautiful woman with curves".. 

WHAT. THE. FUCK. 
Why is it okay for people to bash skinny women like me? But, it's not okay for me to bash larger women?

I'm tall and thin (5'8 130 pounds). sorry if I have those genetics? Like, I didn't choose to be skinny. I just am...

Why does everyone assume that just because I'm thin it means I starve myself and "suffer" from some kind of eating disorder! Like holy fuck ever heard of a fast metabolism? jesus 

Does anyone else agree? I feel my body type is constantly picked on my bigger women in the media, and it's not fair. 

ALL WOMEN ARE BEAUTIFUL... as long as they're healthy.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Some people will say it is because of jealously, but if that is the case, then skinny people must be really jealous of fat people, to spend so much time bashing them. We know skinny people aren't jealous of fat people. This is about elitists thinking they know what is best for everyone else, and wanting others to conform, and if need be to force them. I don't support lying to fat people, and telling them that all fat is beautiful, but we shouldn't be going out of our way to ridicule them either.

There is a major assault on fat people right now, and I suspect that some of this is backlash from the resentment that it is creating. Fat people are being charged more for airline tickets, being fired from being flight attendants, and are always shown as clowns or bad guys in the media. Lets be honest that is going to create some resentment. Even the affordable healthcare act has created a legal way to tax people for being fat. These are people with legitimate health issues that are being made fun of, and punished by the rest of society. People need to just stop judging how other people are living their own lives, but instead everyone wants to correct the behavior of everyone else around them.

Tokana · Accepted Answer

When you have 66% of the population that are considered to be overweight in your country. A movement called 'fat acceptance' tends to form for those people to feel better about themselves. Don't worry I love me some skinny women, especially when they wear tight jeans/yoga pants. mmmm mmmmm...

Kalinda · Accepted Answer

to make it look like wimen are crazy. Heavy women can't control themselves, thin wimen can't control themsekves. Anorexia and obesity are particularly aimed at eomen bc it majes thrm look out if control and irrational.

Public attack rarely begins privately. There's usyally dome kind of intentional generation. People even get paid to make public attaches. And it works. If it didn't bother yiu you wouldn't be in here.

I say if you're heakthy then just ignore orople. Anyone can get bashed fir anything if they are sensitive to it.

It's just a play on insecurity. Creating it. Then creating haters. Then counter haters. Then marketing solutions to the gate. Self doubt is always profitable for someone somewhere.

Not that I care but Jolie is like 90 pounds at 5 7 . It's quite different than 130 at 5 8. In sny case peopke should get a life. Saying how bad she looks is just an attempt to feel better at whatever thing about themselves that bothers them and they will probsbly go out tomorrow and buy something to fix it.

agurlllll · Accepted Answer

I'm 5'8" and 110 lbs! I feel like I'm always getting bashed too. People are always calling me twiggy or telling me to eat. And when people talk about eating disorders I feel like all eyes are on me.
Seriously I would never think of fat shaming someone and I think there are beautiful women of all different sizes. I don't know why people think otherwise. I love my body and I've come to accept it but I really wouldn't mind an extra 20 pounds

EyeSeaYew · Accepted Answer

That's society for you. Society pretty much will never be balanced. People have always jumped from one extreme to the next. When it comes to EVERYTHING. That's why it's important to have your own mind. Because society's standards will screw you up if you let it.

Being reasonable and simply encouraging being healthy and in shape is apparently asking too much. No, it's either support obesity or support anorexia. No middle ground.

LovelySerene · Accepted Answer

Because bigger people feel that it's justified to make fun of skinny people because there's ben a long past of fat-shaming... then they claim that they are empowering.. when in reality they are doing the very thing they hate.

It's stupid and pathetic, I'm naturally skinny and I've noticed the same thing...

Kshppatel · Answer

Lmfao at every person that said Angelina Jolie looks "skinny and terrible." Just lol. More space in my dreams for Angelina Jolie srs. Now I am overweight. I will be the first one to admit that but do I go around putting muscular dudes or in shape dudes or skinny dudes on blast? No I don't. It makes you look bitter, jealous and mad. (when I say you I don't mean you OP I just mean those who put others on blast and make fun) Again let me say that I am overweight but I do go to the gym and play basketball and other physical activities when I can. Half the problem lies with these stupid ass beta males that white knight the shit out of these girls instead of telling it to them straight. Fucking pisses me off when I see girls like this talking shit like this and get away with it when I work my ass off in the gym 4-5 days a week.

Hephaestus · Answer

it's not ok to "bash" anyone
we should all just appreciate what we are and those around us ^_^
and as @mistninja314 said, there will always be someone to bring ya down... not letting them is the key ^_^
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Insomniac11 · Answer

Courtesy de la Meghan Trainor.
Anyway, I'm into curvy girls, but that's just how I am. I see no need to bash anyone for their weight. Even like, a 400 pound person doesn't deserve to be made fun of; he/she clearly has a condition and needs help. Same goes for exceedingly anorexic people.
My problem is that now, all of these groups that were once hated on (Overweight people, homosexuals, feminists, etc.) are now completely turning the tables around and completely attacking people who don't fit their agendas, even if said people never did anything to them (and if said people defend themselves, they're biased, sexist, homophobic etc). It's ridiculous, and counter-attacks aren't helping anyone.

jesus0025 · Answer

Let's cut the bull shit shall we? And allow me to give you an answer few if any are to afraid to say. First of all let's not bull shit around and say ALL women are beautiful I'm sorry but not all women are beautiful just how not all men are handsome. And as for the bashing of skinny girls it's mostly insecure fat girls who want to bring down skinny girls to make them feel bad for being skinny. All while having their own insecurities oh sure it's OK to bash skinny women but bash fat women and all hell breaks lose. No hun that's not how it works. They will say things like men don't want bones and real women have curves well theirs a big difference between fat and curvy let's get that right first. Men don't want blubber either. They bash skinny girls bc their jealous! Both can be bad both extremes not to skinny and not fat. /rant over

AdamThomas · Answer

Because they're fat and they think it's unfair that skinny people are seen as more attractive. They don't like the idea that they should have to eat healthily and exercise to get to a healthy weight, so instead they attack slim women, claim that we're wrong for preferring slim women, claim that back in history fat women were seen as more desirable which is a lie, claim that fat women are healthier which is also a lie, constantly lie and delude themselves into thinking that fat girls are more attractive and that they love their "curves" (slim women don't need to constantly tell themselves this - there's a reason). So basically, jealousy.

CHARismatic110 · Answer

I love how you're agreeing with everyone who answers your question with fat shaming answers. If you're gonna be against BODY shaming then be against ALL body shaming. Period. It's not right to bash someone for the way they look. Whether they're 110lbs or 310lbs. Thin doesn't always mean healthy. I don't think that skinny shaming is right. But I don't think that your answer to that should be to ridicule bigger people. All "fat" girls aren't jealous of thinner girls. Do I wish I had a flat stomach? Sure I do. But I'm embracing my tummy and thighs and that's ok too.

nert73 · Answer

I totally agree and understand. I'm underweight and my parents swear it's because I won't eat. Well, sorry if I don't feel like it! For almost six months now I've been having health problems and lots of stress and I just don't feel like eating most of the time. One of my friends comes from a larger family and she always tells me how tiny I am and that I need to eat something. SORRRRYYYYY 😑

Anonymous · Answer

Skinny shaming. Fat women trying to trick people into believing that they're attractive. It's a genetic warfare game, they want to make the babies. Safe to ignore, they're being jealous.

Men get used to being shamed about everything, trust me, that's all this is. Enjoy being skinny and attractive :)

Hidden_P · Answer

I understand what you're saying, but I'm not inclined to agree with you here.

You only notice it more because you are more sensitive to it. Eg, if you were a bigger girl and there was this "skinny bashing" you probably would just shrug it off and continue your day. Because you are slim you take notice.
I mean, when was the last time you noticed a pro-skinny article? A while ago? Is that because of the media, or is that because it's less memorable to you? When was the last time you say an anti-bigger article? Again, ages ago? Same reasons?

I notice the bigger shaming articles more because I am bigger. In the same way that I notice the horse racing news more than the football news more, I'm more interested.

A lot of questions on this topic (both sides, fat shaming and skinny shaming) have appeared. Perhaps both are happening all the time?

Anonymous · Answer

Because tall, skinny women fit everything and look good on anything. Example:
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Do you think a large woman would look good in this? of course not.
That's why they take their insecurities and say that fat is beautiful, so they can fit in society and everyone will say that they're beautiful too, etc. But it's usually not true. I'll never think large women have the best body, because it's certainly NOT true.

Anonymous · Answer

I think this is true. I am a little curvy, but overall im pretty thin. Which I think me being curvy makes sense, because I have a very high metabolism, but I eat a TON. I think a lot of times they're just jealous or maybe it's just "in" nowadays I don't really know. I grew up (and am still growing up) knowing a lot of obese people in my family and I can easily say it's not something i would personally be proud of. It's very sad, even for the family, and people should just stop judging people on their bodies. I mean shape, skin color, race, and everything. In the end it doesn't matter if your thin or fat, a guy or a girl, tall or short, because none of that really matters.

xHoneyxBeex · Answer

Insecure people tend to behave that way. I'm naturally skinny, I eat plenty, I'm certainly not anorexic, and I'm happy with my body. In reality, no one should be shamed for their body type or size. People should simply learn to be happy with themselves rather than feeling the need to attack others.

playdatesx · Answer

Well, society is turning to see "thick" women as beautiful, sexy, and attractive. "Thick" and "fat" is not the same thing. Being extremely skinny isn't attractive in the eyes of society anymore, and being extremely overweight never was attractive to the media.

It is not okay to bash people for the way they are unless they're harming others. And people will always be obligated to have their personal opinions, and there's nothing you can do about it.
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ladieslady50 · Answer

Women are going to get picked on regardless. Celebrities, music artists and media all establish a stereotype and we as the general public adopt whatever stereotype that appeals to us. When Keira Knightly was popular, a pic on the red carpet was captioned saying that she looked fab and athletic. A few years later the same pic is captioned by someone else as saying she looked unhealthy and too skinny. Women can't win and the sad thing is, us ladies seem to propagate the problem

Anonymous · Answer

Becasue some people are trying to make bigger women feel better. You know skinny will never be seen as ugly by society, you know skinny is glorified and you know skinny = beautiful. I suggest you stop bitching about it, because bigger woman have the right to feel good too. I agree that NO ONE should be shamed for their body, but honestly bigger woman have it worse than the skinny ones.

Skinny have been seen almost as god for years, but when a few people try to equalize the body shapes a little, you freak the fuck out, and demand to be able to shame them. Take a look at your Vogue magazine, is the cover model any where near fat? No, she is not and models are the cream of what is beautiful.

mistninja314 · Answer

When are y'all going to learn that no matter what ya do or say SOMEONE IS ALWAYS GOING TO HATE because they're jealous/feel that they can't get what you got LOLOL.

I say fuck em ^^ because the moment your start worrying about what the next person has/thinks of you, is the moment you become insecure ^^. People should start embracing what they have, not what they don't right?

curbin · Answer

Well it's not just metabolism, it's also bone structure and how much natural muscle you have. But regardless I've noticed the same thing and I don't understand it either. Seems like people whining just to whine, and also fish for complements to make themselves feel better.

HappyGoDie · Answer

Feeling your pain. I used to get called anorexic in high school when I've never even given two fucks about how much I eat. It's just the genes, all the women on my dad's side where the same when they were young.

It seems that in order to promote healthy eating and "normal" body types, naturally skinny girls have been given the shit. I think that people need to realise that there is no "normal" body type and that people can still be skinny regardless of how much they eat.

violettasanchez · Answer

Same shit happened with Meghan Trainor's music video... she started bitching on skinny women and for some reason people think that's okay.

Splurged · Answer

First it was trend to be as thin as a sheet... now its being the size of a TV? Society is dumb as fuck. Everyone should love their body and don't give a shit about what others think. But being healthy is very important... it might not be fair for you when larger women pick on your body type... BUT IT'S NOT FAIR TO LARGER WOMEN EITHER. Nothing is fair. Whichever way it goes your going to be judged for it. That's just how it is. Can't really change it.

Why are skinny/thin women getting attacked so much lately?

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