Reply #17: I don't get it [View All]

[TorchTheWitch]

Just an observation from a "real woman" (5'4", 140 lbs, but a size 8, so it's mostly muscle!).

In your first paragraph you ridicule thin women, ridicule the men who are attracted to them, call these thin women "skinnies" (is it ok then if I call you "fattie"?), and praise the men who are attracted to the "plump" women of which you claim to be one.

Yet in your last line you ridicule yourself by insisting that despite your weight you're mostly muscle... why does it matter if you're mostly muscle or mostly fat since you had just said that the better men were attracted to the "plump" women?

Women who are thin and in shape aren't any more or less "real" women than those who aren't. Are we now going to ridicule women who AREN'T heavy and out of shape just because most women aren't? Here's a novel idea... how about we don't ridicule ANY women for their physical appearance?

I'm one of those "skinnies" you just ridiculed. I've worked DAMN hard for this body, and I don't appreciate being ridiculed because I HAVEN'T let myself go. Shame on me for not having big thighs, a saggy butt, cellulite and stretch marks. :eyes:

On Edit - Dove stole this concept of using average sized women in their underwear for their ads out of the novel "Scruples" by Judith Krantz.