Being A Woman Is A Never-Ending Gauntlet

[zzwergel]

Every time I look at photographs on Instagram, I see comments like "You are too skinny, go eat something.", and "Go to the gym and work out some, you should slim down." All of the pressure placed om women via these comments makes it impossible to win this gauntlet.

Here are a few pictures of women who I find to be attractive:

Cassi Van Den Dungen

Demi Lovato.

Both of these women are in my opinion. very attractive. Cassi has that tall, thin supermodel type build to her while Demi is a bit shorter and thicker around the waist. in 2014, a controversy broke out surround Cassi in some show in Australia where a lighting malfunction as well as weighing less at the time caused her face to look unhealthily skinny. After the fact, Alex Perry stated that using Cassi for his brand was a mistake. A few years later, she gained some weight and Alex Perry selected her again and actually stated that she is a beautiful model which I totally agree to.

On the other hand, Demi Lovato has struggled with eating disorders due to pressure form the public via the promotion of thin women being ideal. In reality, she cannot get any smaller because of her bone structure. Bigger bones do not allow for a waist smaller than your rib cage.

Both of these women have very different, but attractive bodies which altering them by using a corset, binge-eating and starvation would be very unhealthy. Holding women to these standards is unrealistic and a negative influence on young women throughout society.

[Gustafsone12584]

All of us aren't assholes like that... I don't care what she looks like, it's who she is that matters. What matters, is if she's nice... Most these days seem to think every guy's the same? Or treats people like crap, and say stuff like what's been described as such on here...

[zzwergel]

Personality is number one priority. Looks come from genes and not only what or how you eat.

[MzAsh]

Society is scared to death of feminine power, which is why it makes sure to kick each woman down, even if she is damn near perfection. An attractive, influential woman mustn't know how truly valuable she is, or she poses a threat.

[zzwergel]

I think people (especially men) need to realize a woman's place is not just in the kitchen.

[Jayson101]

Feminism is entirely and utterly based on nothing other than a fear of male power and being 'scared to death' of male power. That they are scared of male power is all they talk about. Hypocrisy

[MzAsh]

@Jayson101 That "male power" you refer to is how men forced women into damn near slavery. They were once kept as pets, objects for breeding, and mistreated in the home and in society. They proved how men have no business being in complete power over women. None. Feminism took care of that, and it's not even over yet.

[MzAsh]

@Jayson101 Women were put there in the first place because they were scared of feminine power. That's what I was talking about.

[Jayson101]

You are a brainwashed idiot. What do SLAVES do? Huh? They work. SO by keeping it, in the past, so that women did NOT work and men DID work WOMEN were the slaves? You fool. Men die at a higher rate than women at work aswell, twenty times the rate to this day. Men are construction workers and coal miners and physical labourers. this was SLAVE labour in the past. You do not know what you are talking about.

[Jayson101]

It is also worth mentioning that, literally the MAJORITY of slaves in the New World during slavery were MEN. So men were literally enslaved at a higher rate than women

[MzAsh]

@Jayson101 Women were not treated properly because men were threatened by them. Period.

[Jayson101]

You lost the argument. Your whole feminist movement is based on being threatened by men. Not the other way around. What IS threatening to you and I is a hatred for an entire gender and will to demonize it. Feminists are nasty. They have a parasite attitude.

[MzAsh]

@Jayson101 The feminist movement was created as a push back against a male centric movement that men created which put themselves as the advantage over women... because they were threatened by their lack of strength against feminine beauty and sexuality FIRST.

[Jayson101]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz5zXxESKVM

You are such a silly person. How many people died in the civil war were men?

[MzAsh]

@Jayson101 And now men are pushing back again. Go to sites like Return of Kings, Roosh V, mgtow, etc. There you will see men who a shaking in their pants because they fear they cannot find any doormats to do their bidding for them.

[zzwergel]

@Jayson101 There are still to many male chauvinistic pigs in this world. How about equal rights for all; Male, Female, Gay, Straight, Lesbian, Transgender, Etc.

[Jayson101]

You are both ridiculous. You can't call someone a chauvinistic pig because they won't submit to your every demand! That's just insane. Pushing people around and bullying them isn't equal rights!

[MzAsh]

Exactly. Some people are finding it hard to accept.

[MzAsh]

@Jayson101 I never said it was.

[zzwergel]

@Jayson101 Can you please stop spamming this whit your garbage.

[metalsucks2]

And you think men aren't body shamed or have certain standards placed on us?

I don't see people like you making a fuss about the fact that men are expected to have six pack abs and be tall and look like a male model.

Also it is very hypocritical how you feminists expect and demand "body positivity" in women but turn a blind eye to men. You think for example fat men have it easy? You don't think men are told "go to the gym you slob"?

Women have so much support in society, they have the body positive movement and anti body shaming campaigns etc.

[zzwergel]

I'm pretty sure it happens, but women seem to fall victim to it a lot more often than men. I've heard stories of male anorexia even though it is more common in females. Believe me, I am a heterosexual male just wanting to make the lives of women more enjoyable and without the torture of the "gauntlet".

[Anonymous]

I don't see how you're equating fashion and modeling industries to "Being A Woman Is A Never-Ending Gauntlet." It's quite the stretch.

Also it's very hard to make this argument without the logic following that men experience these rigors too -- and not in any diminished or insignificant capacity that people would be quick to dismiss.

[zzwergel]

Women just experience it a lot more then men.

[Opinion Owner]

"men experience these rigors too -- and not in any diminished or insignificant capacity that people would be quick to dismiss."

[zzwergel]

I guess it just doesn't get the same publicity when it happens to men.

[Anonymous]

"Every time I look at photographs on Instagram, I see comments like "You are too skinny, go eat something.", and "Go to the gym and work out some, you should slim down.""

It's interesting you say that as I almost never see comments like that. What planet are you living on?

[zzwergel]

Do you look at the Instagram feeds of Celebrities? These comments are not only on Instagram, but given to them in real life. Why do you think they resort to starvation and other unhealthy habits?

[Opinion Owner]

This is a huge exaggeration of the facts. Stop feeding the victim mentality. You're not doing anyone any favors.

[Astoriana]

So what do you propose to do about it? Recognizing that there’s a problem is the first step towards change. What are you going to do to make it better?

[zzwergel]

It shoul be taught in school that women are just as capable as men and not to listen to their great-great grandparents.

[Astoriana]

How does that help women who experience discrimination now?

[zzwergel]

If that is the case, I think women (as well as men) should speak up against the bullying that is going on.

[Astoriana]

That’s already happened. That’s what the body positivity movement is. But that gets denounced as a license for fat fucks to be unhealthy and die.

[zzwergel]

Promote healthy eating, the use of a bike or your own two feet to get around instead of a car, as well as other activities for an active lifestyle. Show commercials on television for bicycles and reduce the number of advertisements for cars and other items which promote a sedentary lifestyle. Also, cut way down on the promotion of things like Burger King with sexy, skinny female models and actresses.

[Astoriana]

Your arguments are contradictory. You say that you want to promote better body image, but also that the only way someone can have good body image is if they’re skinny and/or fit. You can’t have both. Like people who aren’t skinny and fit should be able to feel good about themselves too. They shouldn’t be bullied.

[zzwergel]

People do not have control over what their DNA dictates. Everyone's body is unique and there is only so much that can be done without resorting to extreme measures such as starvation, corset training, binge eating, rib removal, and other forms of cosmetic surgery and body modification.

[JackPershing]

Not having to pay for drinks or meals, initiating divorce because you are bored and still getting half of everything and open-ended alimony must be sooooo difficult.

[zzwergel]

What do you mean?

[ChancellorCharemagne]

6-7% of women have eating disorders, 6-7% of men use steroids. Two sided issue.

[Section]

You should show the girl who friend zoned you this, she might actually date you, bitches love white knights.

[zzwergel]

Who is she?

[Section]

What I said is just another way of saying you’re a white knight and/or cuck.

[88flowers]

Demi is a drug addict like most mixed-race people.

[zzwergel]

I think she is in recovery

[88flowers]

I have known addicts, even have a family member in NA. According to NA (Narcotics Anonymous) a person is an addict for life, whether they are in recovery or not because they will never fully recover as there is always that temptation and chance of relapse. NA members call themselves "addicts in recovery" but not "normal people with no drug problem". Often the ones that boast that fall into relapse.
www.na.org/.../EN3106.pdf

[88flowers]

People with an addictive nature are not like normal people. Their minds are broken. Demi, from what I have heard of her story has been using cocaine since she was a pre-teen or teenager. She has has an eating disorder. She has made a spectacle of herself as a young starlet by going to parties and stripping while wasted and having "friends" take pictures of her and leak them online with or without her consent. She has also taken many nudes of herself and had them leak as well. Clearly, the woman has problems, is desperate to belong, to fit in, to be praised, etc. That mentality is common among people like her, so it's not surprising to me, at all.

[88flowers]

People with her mental issues, history of addiction, desperation to belong, etc are even more susceptible to relapse because they crave attention. Peer pressure could do her in at any moment. All it takes is that one friend or lover to nudge her and hand her a little baggy and she'll be gone for weeks on a binge.

[acooke-13]

One of the most ridiculous opinions I have ever heard.

[OldFashion1776]

Great a male feminist with low T.

[zzwergel]

Why do you think I have low T?

[OldFashion1776]

Your a male feminist, every guy I've seen that cries this shit is a skinny chump who cannot get laid.

[zzwergel]

I did have my first conscious ejaculation at 29 year of age.

[Tohru]

People are jelly

[Anonymous]

good take