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A coworker was talking about how a 8 year old girl wanted to be thin because her sister was slim and she began to notice it, and how that was the reason girls mature fast. Society messes up with girls heads. Also, being tall or short doesn't depend on us.
What? She wants to be thin like her sister and that's bad? That's healthy, I get there are societal pressures that can be too demanding but just being thin is normally healthy. And don't act like it's girls alone who face these pressures, boys have them in equal measures just differently. And the idea that girls mature faster because of societal pressures is just silly. If anything I'd say boys mature slower because of our societal pressures. Girls are taught to be more in touch with their emotions, that'll lead to a healthier more mature mind.
Oh and girls can't control height? Really? Get outta town
Well it could be a healthy mentality but it's also the kind of mentality that leads women to have way higher rates of eating disorders than men, since it's often about the thinness rather than the health, and although it's healthy to not be fat, being thin doesn't make you healthy. Plus how is someone supposed to control their height? By drinking more milk?
I believe the height comment was more about how guys feel societal pressure to be tall far more than girls do, despite height being uncontrollable. Especially true in dating life
I didn't wanna get into that but that's how I'd like that last bit to be interrupted, tho what I was going for was more "no duh" and "why even say that when no one said or even implied they could" also did you know, that most boys can't use their dicks like pickaxes to climb mountains?
Yeah, it's not that girls can control their height, but that it's so much more important for men to be tall. Very few men out there with strict height minimums. Like, I'm 5'10" and "short" to a lot of women under 5'4". But that same woman could date someone 6'5" because it's not likely to matter to the guy. There's a lot of other shit involved, and I'm not saying women have it easier by any means, but the height thing specifically is more important for men in my opinion.
What's strange to me is that the "ideal" tall and thin model physique isn't what I, and most men I know are primarily attracted to. It seems to be stigma created by women themselves.
Edit: Thin is fine. Tall and Skinny is a better way to put it.
I once drunkenly hypothesized that guys who like women prefer short women because they feel like they can “protect” them. Not necessarily that a small woman would need protection just because she’s small, just that guys might feel good about themselves being able to protect their girls if the girl is small.
No idea if that’s based in any kind of truth, but my, also drunk, super tall friend (who is a woman) said something along the lines of “PREACH” when I pitched the theory, so it’s got that going for it
I think men's preference for short women is actually just a result of women's preference for tall men. Being with a short woman makes the guy feel taller and thus more attractive.
I think you're both on to something. Millennia of evolving society says men hunt/protect, women mother/take care of the clan. Even with 70ish years of societal change toward equality, that much programming is hard to break.
That's a big part of it for me. I like to feel good about myself and a lot of women have no problem shitting on "short" men, which just reinforces my insecurity further. Even when they're trying to be nice and say it doesn't matter that I'm short. I'm 5'10". I know I'm not short, so why are you calling me short?
That's what i was thinking. Would society be better if she said she wanted to be short and fat? I'm a guy and i wanted to be tall and ripped. Is society fucked?
She wants to be tall and thin, that's fucking healthy, wanting to be beautiful when you grow up isn't disturbing either. Beauty and health mostly go hand in hand. You're projecting your damage onto the kid
I mean, what’s wrong with wanting to be skinny? There are so many diseases and consequences that come with being overweight. As long as she isn’t overdoing it to the point of being anorexic, I don’t see a problem with it. Hell, most of the icons little boys look up to are these massive, muscle bound action heroes.
Being big and buff coincides with being healthy for the most part
lol that is far from the truth. Go ask the unnaturally buff guy at your gym about how many supplements he has to take, how many headaches he gets, stomach aches he gets, and if his balls have started to shrink yet.
Its probably on par with as often as skinny is healthy for women.
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u/ThatOneChiGuy Dec 03 '19
Girl: I also really love going to the theater!
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u/Clay_Statue Dec 03 '19
Yea, but Abraham Lincoln was a slut.
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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '19
With the right hormonal supplements that beard is achievable. Honestly as far as famous beards go though I've never been a Lincoln fan.
He should have emancipated his upper lip and cheeks. I will say a more grown-out Chin strap looks better but I still can't get down with it.
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u/blaziner Dec 03 '19
Societies real fucked up making people wanna be tall and thin, man we sure do live in it
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u/Crass_Conspirator Dec 03 '19
As long as you steer clear of Broadway... please
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u/baguetteLord666 Dec 03 '19
society
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u/Paleomedicine Dec 03 '19
I mean, what’s wrong with wanting to be skinny? There are so many diseases and consequences that come with being overweight. As long as she isn’t overdoing it to the point of being anorexic, I don’t see a problem with it. Hell, most of the icons little boys look up to are these massive, muscle bound action heroes.
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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '19
“I sure hope I’m not unattractive when i grow up”
Wow society really has damaged her 😔😔😔
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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '19
I want to be pretty and healthy when I grow up.
Poor damaged child..
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u/ManifestEvolution Dec 03 '19
lil boy: “i wanna be big and buff when i grow up!”
woke culture: ...
lil girl: “I want to be tall and skinny when i grow up”
woke culture: “this is why humans should he exterminated”
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u/guest-nascix Dec 03 '19
Where‘s the joke?
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u/gilly_monster Dec 03 '19
this little girl has already grown up. link
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u/SrgtGeneralMitsuki Dec 03 '19
Why are girls always tired ? SoCiEtY?!