In the United States of America women who are not 116 to 120 pounds are not considered beautiful. Every time we are on line shopping, or doing some research even when it is not related to weight loss we are always confronted with the obsession that women have to be skinny. Skinny models, or celebrities who have the perfect shape for the cover of a magazine or TV are always being praised for their beauty but the fat or overweight celebrities like Gabby Gabourey are always bullied and only recognized for their size. This was also the case with Miss Universe, Alicia Machado who was bullied by Donald Trump because she gained some weight after she received the crown and according to him she looked like “Ms piggy” he said she needed to lose the weight if not her crown was going to be taken from her and she was going to lose her job. From an early age women are stressed out about how their bodies should look, what they need to eat and how many times they need to work out in order to look the way society believes is the perfect body image. As women mature their bodies go through many different hormonal changes and it seems that the worst time for a woman to accept is the pregnancy stage. The body will change for many women and in many cases the changes are not embraced because of all the negativity women face throughout the pregnancy and postpartum if the weight is not dropped as quickly as Kate Middleton who lost all her baby weight only 4 weeks after giving birth. It is very important to know that being morbid obese should not be a celebrating matter, that is not the intention of my reading. The point is that the public should back off and stop pressuring women who are encountering a difficult time getting back to their normal size after they give birth. Women who are obese run the risk of developing different medical conditions such as: diabetes, high blood pressure, gallstones, gall bladder disease and heart disease. This is well noted, but women should be encouraged through other means to lose weight not by constantly being reminded that they are not beautiful because they are not a size 4.
Oct 162016