Thin privilege, why
this is another way for women to attack others.
Today I read an
article on “Thin Privilege.” Now, although I can understand what
the woman who wrote the article is explaining, I don’t think it is
a privilege to be thin. This is another way for one group of women to
point out differences, attack and blame another.
The ignorant closed
minded argument is that Thin privileged exists because in society
thin women are not frowned upon. Apparently they can eat in public
without being looked at with disgust, get jobs, can fit in seats and
can buy clothes from any store. But if you are a thin woman you will
know not all of this is true. Clothes are to big at most stores and
they do not stock many size 8's so often you cant get clothes that
fit, You can fit in to seats but often they are too big and you end
up with bruises from them, instead of people looking at you with disgust you often get people thinking that what your putting in your
mouth you are going to throw up straight after.
Each and every one
of us have faced criticism at some point in our lives, not just as
women but as humans. The reason behind this is because its human
nature to seek out differences in individuals, and although wrong,
make snap judgements on individuals because of these differences. Each
and everyone of us has privilege in different ways to point out thin privilege is unfair, if we are starting to point out who is better
off than someone else because of looks or bodies the list is endless.
How about the not thalidomide privilege? You can buy clothes from shops without having to change bits to fit your arms.
The big boob privilege? Your not seen as a small boy and an unattractive female
The pretty privilege? You get more help and people like you because your face is appealing
The thick long hair privilege? Men are more likely to find you attractive because your hair is luscious
The big eye privilege? Its proven women with big eyes are more attractive and easier to trust because their baby eye appearance
The hearing privilege? You can hear things
The seeing privilege? You can see things
The leg privilege? You can walk unaided and find it easier to get around
Each and every one of us have privileges so to point out just one is ridiculous.
We need to stop persecuting and stop thinking the grass is greener on the other side.
We can do that by not "fat shaming" or pointing out "Thin
privilege". Stop comparing, just realize we are all "Real
women" not just the ones with curves, we all "hug well"
not just the ones with more meat, we are all beautiful not just the
ones who are "fit" ALL OF US! Beautiful and different in
our own ways. We should embrace these differences and not use them to
attack each other.
I have been both and gone from a size 24 - 6 and I have faced the same amount of Shame in both sizes and all the way in between because someone will always find something to use against you. Names went from “Fatty” and “Big Burtha” to “little boy" and “Skelitor”. At no point did I feel womanly and feminine. At this point some of you may argue "you have trouble finding potential mates when fat" Its the same when your too thin also if you have no arse or tits or curves. "The media make you feel less of a woman they always photoshop women to be slimmer" This is a common misconception, I have worked in a magazine company and in actual fact they don't, they photoshop women to an unattainable cookie cutter shape. If the model has no breasts or legs which are sickly thin, no arse they will enlarge them. They will also make waists smaller, eyes bigger, and remove any cellulite or skin tags. So this is unattainable to all women.
I know that many
people will not take this in to consideration and stay in their
little bubble of hatred. Its funny but the bigger frame, through the
ages has been seen as the ideal body type, only in the last 50 years
has thin been in. But now the tables are turning again and the fuller
figure is coming to the forefront. But instead of all of us calling a
truce after both body types having their time at the top, learning
from the past that putting each other down in a never ending viscous
cycle is pointless and coming together to idealizing all women, we
choose to continue in the same vain.
This point
was put across on a magazine called VolUp2's website only yesterday. VolUp2
being an online French and English quarterly magazine “showcasing
diverse beauty, with an emphasis on curvy women, and exploring the
generosity of Mind, Body and Spirit. Brought to you by supermodel
Velvet d'Amour.” The person who posted this was told she shouldn't be reading this magazine
and it is not for her as she is not fat, she must be an ignorant skinny,
cry baby troll and a racist, because if she wont accept thin privilege she
wont accept white privilege.
So because someone has
worked hard to be thin and is not big anymore she is not in your cool
gang? She has no plight nor right to fight for women and beauty? This whole
article is aimed towards the privilege thin people have and how big
women are teased and segregated by society and yet read above, you
are also the ones segregating, bullying and hating.
You see we all have problems, we all face this, and we need to stop comparing and just be who we are except ourselves and each other!
