Nouakchott is the capital and largest city of Mauritania. It is one of the largest cities in the Sahara. The city is the administrative and economic center of Mauritania. I found an article about a woman named May Mint who is now 50 years of age and is over weight, not because of over eating but because woman who is fat in this part of the world is considered beautiful, so this is a tradition that run from many generations. Obesity has long been the ideal of beauty, signaling a family’s wealth in a land repeatedly wracked by drought. Mint suffers from a few diseases related to her over weight. From the age of 4 her mom used to wake her up in the middle of the night to make her eat and drink camel’s milk. Now she understands that being this big might cost her her life and although she understands the risks of losing weight in her society she is now exercising and following a diet. In this culture man believe that skinny women are not attractive and if their wives lose the wight they will divorce them. The mothers look down towards their skinny daughters and do not show love or the same affection they would to the bigger ones. Every culture has different believes about body image. unfortunately that is not the case in the United States of America, where women are constantly reminded of how a woman’s body is supposed to look regardless if it’s a genetically condition or just stubborn fat after having a baby. The point I wanted to make by using this post is, that our society should embrace the beauty of a woman regardless of her size. Also, been overweight should not be a reason to bully or look down upon. Instead, if a person is gaining an excessive amount of weight in a short period of time, family and friends should be there to support the person not to put them down.
Oct 162016