why do so many women think being unaturally skinny is pretty?

Answer 1

I think this is a cultural thing.

When I see magazine covers with white women--they tend to be super skinny. The 'desperate house wives' are pretty but are 'bony'. They do not have a beautiful female shape.

Images of beautiful black women include women of all sizes--look at Raven Simmone, Queen Latifah, Monique and Jill Scott. Tyra banks has a fuller figure than the other Victoria Secret models and in my opinion looks better in the lingere than the other models; Beyonce may be slim but she has full hips and big legs--they are my role models.

They are amazingly beautiful--the wardrobe is 'on point' and 'got it goin' on!' They are the 'entire package' when it comes to looks.

I think until the white community embraces the various sizes of beauty, then we will continue to see the sad, starved, no shapped, bony, hungry looking white models on magazine covers.

Answer 2

because clothes look good on unaturally skinny girls. Those clothes get noticed by the media and magazines. Unfortunately people associate those who look good in the sizes the fashion designers want to flaunt, but they really just get all depressed once they see the other ladies with 10 thousand dollar make up and somehow wish they were skinnier. A sad show for women in society.

Answer 3

It's some sort of prychosis. Anorexia can be dangerous. So can it's kinda' opposite: really being obese.
On the lighter (no pun intended) side, Oscar Levant once referred-to a famous skinny actress as a walking x-ray. Now that's funny.
Personally, I've got legs like Audry Hepburn's arms so don't get me wrong - I'm not knocking the fat OR skinny, just reporting.

Answer 4

Some people tend to find the unnatural or strange things more appealing; this behavior is not altogether uncommon. This mentality, I do believe, seems to spread in societies like my own, where everyone seems to be almost identical to one another. Therefore, a celebrity, for instance, does something that they deem different enough from the norm, and the result is that many people follow in their footsteps.

Answer 5

The media hyping that Kate Moss is prettier than Anna Nicole Smith causes an unrealistic body image in women, thus leading to anorexia or "heroin chic".

As the movie stated, "Real Women Have Curves".

Answer 6

It all started with Twiggy. Models prior to her were more voluptuous. She was skinny, it was her nitch. Now, she wasn't as skinny as the heroine sheik crowd, but she and models like her started the trend. Since skinny skinny is easy to design clothing for (it's easier to fit a stick than a curve), designers continued to use these models. As tradition dictates, women are taught to judge their worth based on their appearance...so as models got skinnier, we did one of 3 things...got skinnier too, or got heavier and developed low self esteem, or said, screw it, I love myself the way I am. Thing is, although most men will look/gawk at super skinny supermodels, almost all will tell you they like a more shapely gal....if given the choice, most men will choose Kate Winslet over Kate Moss.

Answer 7

i'm 100 and seventy-172cm and fifty 8-59kg..if I lose max 6 pounds i stands out because the happiest human alive..i want to be skinny yet compared to an risky searching stick..if i'm skinny then i'd be positive about my body..people tell me that i'm already narrow yet I nonetheless want to lose some pounds..and no i do not provide a damn about what media tells us to do..that is in simple terms my concepts-set and how i want to be.If all of us is satisfied and positive with curves I do not something yet respect those people..all of us's diverse that is it :)

Answer 8

Tabloid magazines don't help. Body fascism. Read Naomi Wolf, that'll give you insight. Bitchy comments from other women. I think it is very sad.

I saw a pic of Keira Knightley the other day and she looked totally ill. I don't think men find it at all appealing, most like a woman with curves.

Answer 9

Some have been made to feel bad about themselves. So, in an effort to lose weight to conform to the opinions of others, they unintentionally become obsessed with being thin. And sometimes, they don't mean to, but they gradually accept a distorted image of themselves brought on by the cruel comments of others.

Answer 10

I'm 5" tall and always weigh 105-110. A well meaning friend recently as me to be her diet pal, cause I could stand to lose a few pounds. She is 5'6" and about 125, thinks she is obese.

I'll say the same thing here that I told her, "You're sick, and need to get a grip on yourself! So do these gaunt holloweyed refugees from a concentration camp. SICK, SICK. SICK!