Why does "unattractive" equal to Americans to "overweight"?

Question

Whenever I say that I am not pretty, Americans assume "overweight" and start giving me advice on weight loss. I am not overweight, I am 5'7, 100 lbs. I am just not good looking. Weight has nothing to do with it!
Why do they think, inevitably, that "unattractive" means
"overweight"?

Answer 1

wel they say that most americans are overweight
then maybe they compare their celebs and feel that it is weight that makes you attractive
personally I have seen ugly skinny people as well as people who are chubby but still when you look at their faces you can see their very pretty.
anyways I think you are being horrible on yourself saying your not pretty ...beauty is in the eye of the beholder...
I think rod stewart is GROSS but his money and celeb status seem to make him good looking to many women and I could name a few more

Answer 2

I guess because through the media, we have been taught that the word beautiful is synonymous with skinny. Look at all the celebs - actresses, musicians, etc. None of them weigh over a hundred pounds or so, and they definitely flaunt it. So now all the 13yr olds see the gorgeous people on TV and want to look like that, so they starve themselves or make themselves throw up.

I'm not sure if we think that "unattractive" equals "overweight". I think that's backwards - we've been taught that "overweight" equals "unattractive".

I don't agree with a lot of the ideals - most of them, in fact - but I'm afraid there's not much that can be done about it.

Except for strapping every single celebrity to chair and forcing them to eat large amounts of greasy pizza or something. =P

Answer 3

Because that is the leading cause of unattractiveness here.

Answer 4

Because slob fat AmeriKans are NOT pretty to look at... quite disgusting, in fact.