being skinny can run in the family,and im skinny -_- i didnt want to be like this! i always get the impression of having eating disorders.people go up to me and ask me if im anorexic.it's annoying. why do people think like this?all skinny =anorexic?
2007-03-17 04:01:42 · 20 answers · asked by chill_chiq08 1 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
I think it's partly ignorance on most people's part but at the same time it's the media's influence, especially in recent months....look at how much they are focusing on anorexia amongsts stars...even without proof they have anything and it just encourages others to do the same.
Anorexia isn't just about being skinny its a mental illness too. You know your not anorexic so try not to be too upset about it, don't think of it as an insult but be glad that when you reply with " no i am just healthy and skinny" that even if they are too ignorant to know or find out the truth that you are telling it...and just feel sorry for all those who are questioned but have to lie.
2007-03-17 11:01:27 · answer #1 · answered by SH2007 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
beacuse of the fashion industry. America is obsessed with skinny girls...yet at the same time with our fast, junky food. So it's really a double standard. It's frowned upon if a girl doesnt eat, yet at the same time it's frowned upon if a girl does eat alot and is fat. And usually they do not go hand and hand. (Being very skinny, and still eating alot) So, everyone has learned to generalize as some people have said in the previous answers that Fat girls eat too much and Skinny girls dont eat. It's impossible to escape the double standard any way you look at it, they;ll find some way to criticize you. Just be glad you're on the flattering end of it. (Thin and eating) If you know that, your friends know that etc than why does it matter what random strangers think? It's just out of jeaolously, while a lot of people frown upon anorexia a lot of people also envy anorexic girls with their thin bodies and self control. So even if this isn't true, I think ultimately it is a compliment. There's nothing you can do about it. Just be happy you are naturally thin and dont worry what other people think, it could be a lot worse.
2007-03-17 04:30:07 · answer #2 · answered by tropical girl 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There's a difference between anorexic and skinny. I know a couple of skinny friends, and I gotta say, they have boobs and thighs, and hips and nice curves, a full-face and yes they're still skinny! But they have a body and that's the point. Anorexic girls usually have like sticks for bodies [not meaning to be offensive but yeah]. If you look at an anorexic girl, you'll see that they like stick-thin arms, stick-thin legs, no thighs, not butt to walk with, tiny small protruding cone-like things for boobs, and they have faces that look like the life was suck out of them. [no cheek bones, really wide smiles, deep circles around their eyes]. In other words, if you look closer, it'e very easy to differentiate and people mostly do. Well I dont know about most people but atleast I know I do. So yeah lol.
Anyway, good luck with your situ! I hope people learn to be more educated.
2007-03-17 04:15:56 · answer #3 · answered by sarahh_f 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
All the prior responses offer some good insight to your question. American's seem to be obsessed with thin women Many models seen in magazines and movie stars are thin and their thinness is attributed to being anorexic. Consequently, since there is so much focus on these people, society seems to label naturally thin people as being anorexic, when they aren't. Just my point of view.
2007-03-17 04:13:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I believe people do it because they are jealous often when other people have something they want they feel jealous and the only way they can get back is to tease the other person.
I admire a woman who can look after her body there is nothing sexier than a woman in control.
2007-03-17 08:08:45 · answer #5 · answered by davidleeryan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know how you feel, it used to happen to me, until I turned 23 and the weight started to come. Its probably jealousy, what girl doesn't want a nice slim figure and look good in clothes!! Some people can't understand that girls can be thin and enjoy their food. Take ir from me, enjoy your nice figure, your happy and healthy, ignore the comments.
2007-03-17 04:07:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They think that because their idiots and they like making fun of skinny people.
Like I'm skinny also and people think I'm anorexic...but I eat like a pig =)
2007-03-17 07:06:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because all people want to generalise... all women drivers are rubbish... men cant multi-task... etc... so all skinny people must be anorexic...to be honest there is completely nothing you can do about it... its just their narrowmindedness that has caused them to ask that question and it aint their buisness anyway even if you were... because anorexia is a sensitve subject!
2007-03-17 04:06:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Maybe we judge sometimes because so many young girls seem hung up on having to be a size zero, 6, 8 or ten. I understand your frustration but many i speak to do have eating disorders.
2007-03-17 05:38:40 · answer #9 · answered by laplandfan 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The same reason ppl say all fat ppl are pigs some ppl just have the need to judge by appereance and forget that we are sitting right there listening to what they say
just forget about it and worry about staying healthy be happy with what you got and show it off
2007-03-17 04:18:13 · answer #10 · answered by badluckbear1 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋