Body Positivity, Fat Acceptance & Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe, Body Positivity & Fat Acceptance

Everyone should accept and like themselves. This is clear. No one should be discriminated against or treated differently because of their appearance.

It also shouldn’t be used as an excuse for not achieving the goals you’ve more or less obviously set for yourself. There is only one thing at stake here: health.

There are enough studies that show that a BMI that is too high is detrimental to your health. This happens now, but at the latest in old age, when you need assistance with daily activities or when you are more prone to serious illnesses because your organs are overloaded with fat.

The problem with “Fat Acceptance”

The problem with this is that “fat ” falls on fertile ground in view of the fact that there is now a high rate of overweight people in most countries and, for example, the majority in Germany is now overweight, and is superficially very positive, because it is about something good: preventing shame and discrimination and helping overweight people.

Ultimately, however, this “help” leads to people being persuaded that there is nothing they can do about their obesity. In the case of “alcohol acceptance” or “nicotine acceptance”, most people would probably recognize the problem immediately, although the reasons could even be similar.

There is a genetic predisposition to addiction and relapse rates are very high.
A central argument of fat acceptance is also the “95% relapse rate” for diets, although these figures are simply not true.
But all this serves to make people resign themselves and ultimately accept that they have to be fat forever.

In addition, many people continue to claim that women “back then” had curves, that they were not the “rattles” of today’s celebrities. So why should anyone shame the people who are “just” like the sexbombs in the past?

But is this true? Let’s look at some examples.
The BMI as a measure indicates a range of normal weight between 18.5 and 24.9.

So why are these women called “full women” or not “slim women”?

It’s the proportions. An averagely overweight figure that has a little too much “over” everywhere and is not genetically determined, especially in the buttocks and breasts, would certainly not be described as classically sexy by the men of creation.

So, no, these women were not overweight, although some of them were very thin. But their curves were a sign of sexiness and beauty, now and then.

But: Why are people telling us then, that Marilyn Monroe was always wearing a size 6 / european 42/L?

There is a term for the fact that today’s sizes are no longer comparable to those of the past: Vanity Sizing.
Clothing manufacturers know that customers are more likely to buy a garment if they suddenly fit one size smaller than before.
That’s why clothing sizes tend to get bigger over the years.

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