Nebuchanezzar said:
Nor did I say that it always did. I merely implied a correlation. Please read my posts in the future.
You're still not getting it though. Unhealthy or not in the original model is a moot point. What matters is that inspires others to leave their own healthy body for an unhealthy one. Ergo:
Healthy person
Sees skinny person
Becomes skinner
NOT GOOD!
Pretty simple, my dear.
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It's the deluded minority who we look after in mental health institutions too, you dunce. And I would argue that it is the deluded minority who need the most care, who need to be protected, who Kevin Rudd is looking out for (regardless of the practicality of his proposal, which is another matter entirely).
You're an expert on causes of anorexia and bullimia now? Can you outline the actual reasons that people succumb to these illnesses, Professor?
NO NO! DIVIDE BY ZERO!
The person in your last sentence is a function of the society that raised them. It is the responsibility of the government, above everything I would say, to ensure that people can grow up in a healthy and safe manner. Encouraging unhealthy behaviour (in aspiring to an unachievable image) is not safe nor healthy, and it is the responsibility of the government to maximise their chance at health and prosperity.
I mean, unless there's a better function of a government that I'm not aware of. IS THERE!?!?!? I was under the impression that the government was there to promote (cliche alert) the greater good? No no. They're there to look pretty. Tee hee hee!
Lol what's with the sarcasm. We don't have to agree.
Seeing skinny people is not necessarily going to make you want to become skinnier yourself. Note that I am not denying there are people who do. It is also not ALWAYS a bad thing. Take a fat person, show them a skinny person and watch them try to lose weight. Is this bad? For their self image, maybe. For their physical health? No.
I would also argue that the health of the model is an entirely relevant point. If a model looks "too skinny" but is physically healthy, we have no reason to say that she shouldn't model other than that some people are trying to attain her image for themselves. Which is not her fault. Why does it have to be up to the model to portray a supposedly "healthy" image based on what the government says it should be? People should have to take responsibility for their OWN health at some point, honestly. Sheltering people from everything because it might be a bad influence on them is just bullshit. Oh no, skinny models. Oh no, violent video games. Oh dear, alcohol advertising. Where are we going to draw the line with this stuff? I don't think the majority of us who have our heads screwed on should have to pay for the idiocy of the few who don't. Go starve yourself and shoot people and binge drink if you want, but don't take things away from the people who are smart enough to know better. This is what annoys me. That the government wants to ban skinny models because some people are missing a few brain cells.
Also, condemning one particular body type as bad is just as detrimental as hailing it as perfection. What about naturally really thin girls? "Yeah sorry, you're heaps unrealistic, eat something and become a real woman". Bullshit. As long as your weight is healthy FOR YOU, it does not and should not matter whether you're 35 kilos or 100. For sure, put bigger women on the catwalk. Do it, it'd be fantastic. But don't remove the skinny ones, they have every right to be there too.
Did I say I was an expert? For fucks sake, yes seeing skinny fashion models IS a contributor to eating disorders, I have said this before. I do not believe it is the only cause, nor do I believe that in a typical single case of an eating disorder that it will be the ONLY thing.
Of course we should look after the vulnerable in our society. I never said we shouldn't. But I do not think the right way to go about doing so is to ban skinny models. Why not let the skinny ones stay and chuck some bigger ones in there too. It doesn't have to be Skinny v. Big. We don't have to single out a particular body type to hold up as healthy or unhealthy. We should be showing that you can be just about any size and still be fine (bearing in mind that it comes down to the individual and what is personally best for them)
Now as for unachieveable image...prove to me that it's unattainable. Models already do it, with hard work yes, but its not unattainable and it certainly does not have to be unhealthy. Most of us will never look like that. So what? Genetics certainly has to play a part, try to find me a catwalk model who went from a size 20 to whatever size most models tend to be, and maintained it. They're that skinny partly because they were born that way and partly because they maintain it with diet and exercise which I see no problem with.
Hahaha, yes the government is there to promote the greater good and bla bla bla. Is there anything wrong with saying that I think in this instance they're going about it the wrong way?
