Anna RecksiaFollow

. . . or whatever her name is.

I see some cities are banning "Size 0" models from their catwalks to counter the rise in Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimima and other eating disorders that (primarily) affect teenage girls.

Linky

Now I personally find those skinny girls unappetising (As Anthony Burgess said of sleeping with Yves Saint Lauren's Models in the 60s "It's like going to bed with a bicycle frame") and I lika da curves (especially some that adorn this hallowed forum).

But is banninating teh sk1nn1es the right approach?

Personally I can see some mileage. Yes we can only go far 'protecting us from ourselves' but bombarding hormone phased adolescent girlies with images that make 'em think you have to look like a fluourescent strip light to attract boys can't be that smart can it?


On an unrelated note, did you know that Kylie Minogue and Geri Halliwell (Ginger Spice) may be banjo players? Linked for random hawtness

Edited, Feb 6th 2007 6:35pm by Nobby

Ban them? Perhaps not the best plan.

Publicly ridicule them for looking like a sack of deer antler, yes. If anything open ridicule will have a more of an effect on how teenage girls perceive them than outright banning (which probably would make them more desirable).

Plus it gives us someone else to make fun of, and who doesnt enjoy that?

They called that "making out"...sheesh...I was hoping for some feeling up or something, not just spit swaping. I want my 1:35 seconds back (well the kiss was hawt, I don't need those two seconds).

Interesting how one of the most morbidly obese countries in the world also has to enact laws combatting skinniness.

Can't we make up our minds??

Hot outfit of 2007: A 2 piece suit made of a bag and antlers! With matching faux handbag?

I think it's a step, in which direction I couldn't guess. It would be interesting to see more modeling agencies refuse to hire excessively skinny models (bone thin) and get some women in there with curves.

As my hubby says: Nothing like a good rack on top and an *** to match.

Few people think that stick-figures look good, (except maybe Popeye and Bluto) those models are generally hired because, supposedly, they make the CLOTHES look good.

Now take a glimpse at a Victoria's Secret catalog, and you see a bit more in the way of curviness. And let's be clear, when a guy is sneaking into the bathroom to manhandle himself, well Victoria's Secret catalogs are fairly well known for that.

Of course, above that you have Playboy, which has become a sort of societal benchmark for hawtness. Take a look through Playboy and you really won't see the stick-figures, you see women with curves, maybe not large women, but clearly women who are fit, healthy, and have body fat which is distributed in an aethetically pleasing way.

It isn't society that puts the super-skinny ideal in women's heads, it is advertisers and women themselves. I dare you to compare the models shown in a "women's magazine" with the Playboy bunnies. There is a clear disparity in what men and women think is an attractive form for women. When you get down to it the answer is obvious. Advertisers do not like people who have good self-esteem. Self-esteem means that a person does not feel that they need to buy something to "fix" themselves. Someone with low self-esteem, someone that thinks they need to be fixed will buy makeup, clothes, diet pills, whatever they are told will fix them. Of course, ads do not only apply to women, how many ads aimed at men have said 1)your ***** is too small, make it bigger and women will like you, 2) buy our beer and women will like you, 3) you smell bad, buy our deodorant/body spray and women will like you, etc etc etc.

Ads are ads, their job is to make you want to buy a product. People need to wake up and realize that ads are not a guide to expected societal norms.

It's a ripple effect. Actresses and singers get sample-sized clothing to wear for events and such, and this is part of their job. Well, these clothes are sized to fit superskinnymodels, so it's in the best interest of rising starlets to drop weight to look better on camera, fit into an Armani dress, and increase their public name recognition. They can do it, because they have the time and the means, and the incentive to spend a large portion of their day and income on keeping their appearance up.

When I lived in Peru, they still loved a curvier figure. Now when I go back, the models are as thin as they are here. I'm not hating on the body type, it occurs on some folk naturally, but I think it's as uncommon as a morbidly obese person. It shouldn't be held up as the expectation, because you're setting thousands of women up for failure.