In the days since this experience, I have thought a lot about it. Why did I, someone committed to the antithesis of this reality, participate in the way I did? Why did I not question the situation or the language used by the men there? Another thing that really has stuck with me is that the women in this space had bodies that were probably the closest to the unhealthy standard of beauty that our society has constructed that I have seen in a long time, and it left me wondering, a standard to which I am sadly attracted. Is this healthy for them?
I can’t say for sure and I can’t judge because undoubtedly there are infinite numbers of body types and I am not a woman, but I imagine that it could be unhealthy in a few ways. To achieve this body type, I imagine many women would need to pursue one of two unhealthy courses. First, they could eat very little while toning their bodies through exercise, thus depriving their body of nutrients and calories that are needed for everyday functions. Second, they could eat relatively normally but work out so regularly that it could become an unhealthy obsession, working out every day to the point that it is no longer healthy emotionally or psychologically (even if their bodies are rather healthy).
http://changefromwithin.org/2010/08/04/appreciating-beauty-or-objectifying-women/
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