I'm well aware of what's considered "average", or "normal", in terms of most girls in this country, and I'm also aware of what's "average" and/or "normal" for most women in the Midwest. I understand, that being a 5'9", 122lb woman, puts me in the minority, not only for much of the country, but even more so, in certain areas of the country. Statistics, however, aren't what I want to write about.
I'm all for being accepting of different body types, and I also take issue with the physical enhancement that is preached to us by the media, as being the desirable look. However, I think that it's VERY important to point out, that there's a HUGE difference between being "healthy normal", and being "lazy, poor eating habits, normal." I blame the the second group, for being the most outspoken about body image.
I've always been thin, not just "healthy thin", but the kind of thin, where I struggle to keep the little weight I do have, on my bones at all. I struggle with low body weight related health issues, and because of my weight, I often get dizzy, my hands shake sometimes, and yet, I (or girls like me) get nothing but criticism for it.
What I don't understand, is why people think it's ok to talk about thin girls, like they aren't people, like they don't have feelings, and that because their thin and not fat, it's all justified criticism. Granted, some people that are thin, do in fact have eating disorders, but does that deserve harsh criticism, NO, it deserves sensitivity. Are some people thin because they workout or eat a lean diet, yes, does that deserve criticism, NO. No, no, no!
What happens, is that people take out their own body issues, on people that are actively doing something with their body (this might mean gaining weight, losing it, or sculpting it), and it's usually by the people that aren't actually doing anything with their own, other than watching it change and doing nothing but wine about it.
I work hard to eat right, and live a healthy lifestyle, and it's hurtful to my own self image, when people post things (like the photo collage below), that blatantly portray girls with a figure like mine, as undesirable, unattractive, sickly, and just NOT ok. It's hurtful and discriminatory, and THAT's not ok. In fact, there's one girl on here that's an enhanced disaster, but the other three girls that are shown as being in the wrong, aren't even as thin as what I am right now, so unless you're willing to tell me to my face, that I look sick, don't be so passive aggressive as to post garbage like this picture.
