Let's hear it for the thin women!

[rene moon]

After reading several threads about thin women vs. not-thin women, I have to post this one.

At age 29, I am 5'7ft and 103 lbs. I have always been thin. I was extremely skinny in high school and I continue to gain little weight.

This is not bragging but to it is sad to read that all the same stuff I have been hearing all my life is still around.

I am glad my husband loves my "stick" figure!

YAY FOR US THIN GIRLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Fixated]

1. ......

No complaints here! Stay skinny! But if you don't, there's nothing wrong with that!

[Bertha Venation]

2. I've been away.

And all I can say about threads about thin women "vs." not-thin women is :eyes:

[MaineDem]

4. I've missed them, too

And I've been here!

Probably a good thing.

[Name removed]

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[Droopy]

5. I'm attracted to all sorts of women

Thin, full-figured whatever. I try to look at the person as a whole and not just what they look like. I do have a fetish or two, but I don't let that limit me to just being attracted to women with a certain body type or hair color. My most recent crush was on a woman who isn't considered conventionaly attractive. I just really like her for who she is.

[Shakespeare]

6. Can we PLEASE just leave it at celebrating all women--

And not trumpet the virtues of one group over another? That's exactly why our society is so fucked up about women's bodies right now.

[Bertha Venation]

7. HEAR HEAR

'Nuff said. Thanks, Will.

[jrthin]

8. Nice going!

I like your sentiment.

[populistmom]

15. We are all beautiful Goddesses

We all want a little worshipping at times. :)
Seriously though, great post!

[Catfish]

18. Agree n/t

[SOteric]

9. I'm a thin woman, too.

I haven't noticed it's cut down on the amount of favourable attention I receive.

People can be hurtful to any group they perceive as different. Whether it's too round and heavy, too thin, too witless, too much a smartypants, too droll, too humourless, too much a Satan-worshipper who sacrifices small rodents to the Prince of Darkness.

I know that people would see the cruelty of their comments in a heartbeat if we posted pictures of an overweight woman and they said the kinds of things about her that they've said about us scrawnier types.

There isn't any mitigating an unkindness by saying "I was talking about her, not you. You're nice."

If one says unkind things about Roseanne Barr's weight in a room full of obese women, they'd be hard-pressed to know what distinction made Roseanne unattractive, -but didn't apply to them. People will hear the implication about themselves loud and clear. I think that unkind, uncivil, insensitive and lacking the value for diversity and tolerance inherent in healthy society.

It doesn't become any less unkind, incivil, insenstive, etc... if you say the same cruel things about people who have the opposite body type.

[GOPisEvil]

10. Ya gotta be who ya are...

...people are sexiest when they are comfortable with themselves.

Preferences are one thing, but I'd never toss out someone just because they had the wrong body type. As long as I find them attractive, it's all good.

[SOteric]

11. Yeah, but ...

you're just about as sweet and charming as they get. ;-)

[GOPisEvil]

12. Aw...that is so sweet of you to say!

Thanks. :egostroke: :-)

[SOteric]

13. Kick

:kick:

[Zomby Woof]

14. Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance

There will come a time when everybody
Who is lonely will be free...
TO SING & DANCE & LOVE

There will come a time when every evil
That we know will be an evil...
THAT WE CAN RISE ABOVE

Who cares if hair is long or short
or sprayed or partly grayed...
WE KNOW THAT HAIR AIN'T WHERE IT'S AT

(there will come a time when you won't
even be ashamed if you are fat!)

There will come a time when everybody
Who is lonely will be free...
TO SING & DANCE & LOVE (dance and love)

There will come a time when every evil
that we know will be an evil...
THAT WE CAN RISE ABOVE (rise above)

Who cares if you're so poor you can't afford
To buy a pair of Mod A Go-Go stretch-elastic pants...
THERE WILL COME A TIME WHEN YOU CAN EVEN
TAKE YOUR CLOTHES OFF WHEN YOU DANCE


-- FZ, 1968

[SOteric]

16. You first.

- and send us the URL for the webcam. :7

[Zomby Woof]

17. hahaha!

My yak is borrowing it for his annual Himalayan vacation!

[corarose]

19. Some of us are fat some of us are skinny and some of us

Are in Between.

That's what makes the world go round and if only the USA would accept people at all weight then Gastric Bypass wouldn't be so popular.

[chaska]

20. Aww, damn.

You had me right till you said the word husband.


All women are beautiful.

...I sometimes think I really mean that. :^) (actually, I do always mean it, it's only just now that I question it - something about committing words to paper ...?).

[rene moon]

36. Thank you!

You are very sweet:)

[DivinBreuvage]

21. Do thin women get insulted and laughed at for being thin?

I wasn't aware of this. I mean this sincerely.

Françoise (who is decidedly NOT thin)

[bicentennial_baby]

22. I have

by numerous people in my life

[SOteric]

24. Yes, we most certainly do.

I have been compared unfavourable to a clarinet when I wear a certain black dress, I've been called 'flagpole,' 'bean pole,' told I'd need to run around in the shower just to get wet, called 'stick girl,' 'E.T.,' 'scarecrow,' warned against pregnancy, as I might resemble the garnish on a martini - and assured in horrific detail that my privates would be shredded in the process of birth cause I "didn't have the hips for it."

I regularly get intrusive questions about my eating habits. A dentist of mine once tried to refer me to counselling for an eating disorder I don't have.

Well meaning friends and coworkers bring me gifts of rich pastries, candy, sugary mochas, - they try to take me out to lunch on pastas with cream sauce or steaks. Then they follow me to the ladies room to see if I'm throwing it up. (I'm not).

The overwhelming message is: You're not acceptable the way you are.

I owe it to my parents that I actually have a fairly healthy degree of self-esteem.

[rene moon]

38. Wow, your story is my life story to a T!

I have cried over my weight numerous times. And even though "thin is in", finding clothes for tall and thin with some hips, small breasts is damn near impossible. I am too old for most of the junior clothes but the small misses sizes are too big.

My nickname is Weela (skinny girl in Spanish) and that is from parents. My Dad calls me Bones as well.

I was constantly made fun of in school and I still think I am ugly because of it. I was told not to stand on the shower drain or I would be washed away, etc.. In college, I remember going to student health for a bad cold and the next thing I know, I have doctors accusing me of anorexia and they wanted to admit me for testing! I left and never went back to student health, even when I was really sick.

It's sad really. On one hand, I'll admit being thin has it's perks but overall, it's been a real pain.

[Individualist]

25. Yes!

However, age tends to be a great equalizer. When growing up, I was "that skinny girl". After age 50, I gained a few pounds (although at age 60 my weight is 121, height 5' 7"). When I attended my 40 year high school reunion two years ago, I wore a red dress with a plunging neckline and told several people "I didn't have cleavage until I was 50 years old, and by dang I'm going to flaunt it". Incidentally those gals who had such terrific figures in high school don't look so great now.

[DivinBreuvage]

27. This really opens my eyes

As someone who's been heavy most of her life, and who's been focused on dealing with the criticism and mockery I've had to put up with for that, I honestly never thought that there was such a thing as being mocked and criticized for being too thin. I'm ashamed to say that I even referred to skinny women as "string beans" or something similar in a recent post (the thread was about how disgusting Candy Crowley was because she was fat) without stopping for a moment to think that the term might annoy someone or hurt her feelings. I of all people should have known better. I am sorry and I won't make that mistake again.

Françoise

[geniph]

39. Yes, perfect strangers ask about their "eating disorder"

and make remarks about how they'd love to be anorexic themselves, which is insensitive, rude, and hurtful. Not to mention just plain dumb.

[CatWoman]

23. I HATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU!!!!!!!

As I put the "hip" in "hippie" :pout:

[Endangered Specie]

26. Women are too...

obsessed with how they look. Thin is not in for alot of men. I like my women with some meat on them.

[DivinBreuvage]

30. There's nothing wrong with hips, CatWoman!

I hear it's nice when there's "something to get a grip on".

Françoise (who is proud of her 48s)

[buddhamama]

28. YAY ! for thin women

for larger women
tall women- whom i am envious of
short women
beautiful women
average women

ALL Women!

there are all types of women, and all types of men who'll appreciate their physical attractiveness. it is a person's inner beauty though,that sets them apart and makes them unique.

[SOteric]

35. Exceptionally well stated, buddhamama.

We all deserve to feel treasured and beautiful, - just because we're alive.

[NicoleM]

29. I'm not thin.

Never have been, never will be. I'm just a well-rounded person. :)

But it really chaps my hide when women say they "hate" naturally thin women. I know some people mean it in jest, but some don't. Your body type is no more your fault than my type is my fault. You don't deserve to have people say mean things about you, just because they want what you have. Anyway, it's more about the way they feel about themselves than it is about you.

[annonymous]

31. I am slender too.

I am 5'6" and my weight fluctuates from 118 to 132 pounds. I usually get most of the catty remarks when I am at the low end of my weight range. I tend to get questions about how I stay so slim. When I answer that I exercise daily, and avoid fast food, people think I am crazy.

[VelmaD]

32. I'm not thin yet...

but I'm working on it. And you're right - when people ask me how I've lost so much weight they don't want to hear my answer. "Eat right, eat less, and exercise more." They look at me like I'm speaking a foreign language.

[BritishHuman]

33. I love a thin woman.

She's everything I want in a girlfriend. :-)

[Nikia]

34. Thin women get harassed by the doctor too

One of my friends is 5'3' and weighs 95 pounds. The doctor is always telling her to gain weight. She purposly wears heavy clothing when she goes in. It took years for her family doctor to accept that she didn't have an eating disorder.
I am thin but not so much that I think of myself as too thin. I am 5'5'' and am maintaining between 120 and 125 pounds. My doctor has started to get concerned and said that I'd better not lose any more weight. She did not say anything about my weight when I was technically overweight. Perhaps, it is because I was around 150 pounds a year ago.

[jpgray]

37. Healthy women of all sizes can be attractive (nt)