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In reply to the discussion: Cadaverous 16-year-olds - the chosen models of the fashion industry [View all]octothorpe
(962 posts)68. Ever read the comments on those stupid celebrity websites?
It's maddening to read the crap some of these people say about women who look just like Marilyn Manroe in those pictures.
It annoys me more when it's men doing it though. Particularly when you look them up and see they are the most hideous looking creatures ever. (I'm a guy, btw)
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Sarah Ibarruri
Dec 2011
OP
I think there are valid points, but saying "sickly," "anorexic," "cadaverous," etc. is a problem.
David__77
Dec 2011
#8
Well, men are affected by media too. Men's eyes are accustomed to seeing famous anorexic females
Sarah Ibarruri
Dec 2011
#30
Oh yes. Not only that. Women are supposed to have a higher % of fat in their bodies...
Sarah Ibarruri
Dec 2011
#37
It would be nice if we could shut the media off on the U.S. for about, oh 5 years???
Sarah Ibarruri
Dec 2011
#11
Yes. After seeing "Miss Representation," it's apparent why only one station has shown it.
CrispyQ
Dec 2011
#21
Here in Houston that program was full of commercials for plastic surgeons and
elehhhhna
Dec 2011
#43
Absolutely. Mrs. Obama looks fantastic! She's strong and very shapely. nt
Sarah Ibarruri
Dec 2011
#16
They're selling clothes and the idea is for them to be a walking clothes hanger
Hippo_Tron
Dec 2011
#20
The problem is that customers wonder and doubt the garments will suit them having to fit over
eilen
Dec 2011
#31
I have to admit a morbid fascination with those National Inquirer type magazines
CrispyQ
Dec 2011
#47
Striving for un-obtainable goals and losing self-esteem in the process is a part of life
Hippo_Tron
Dec 2011
#18
That's what needs to happen. The obsession with the thinness needs to STOP
Sarah Ibarruri
Dec 2011
#25
Don't pay any attention to that one. I think he's only trying to get attention. nt
Sarah Ibarruri
Dec 2011
#38
:) The 'heroin chic' cadaver girl is not an attractive image, even nude and with lots of makeup
Sarah Ibarruri
Dec 2011
#40
Speaking as a white man, we haven't all "been sold anorexic-on-silicone as the ideal."
BreweryYardRat
Dec 2011
#58
It's good to hear that you love your woman not for what she looks like...
Sarah Ibarruri
Dec 2011
#65
Interesting. Back in the 70's & 80's I was fairly certain that Cosmopolitan's models were men
Matariki
Dec 2011
#56
I'm sorry to hear about your friend. :( It's horrible to see a child look that way and
Sarah Ibarruri
Dec 2011
#51
yep. designers like how the clothes hang on a skeletal body. No breasts or hips or thighs to
Liberal_in_LA
Dec 2011
#59
I actually heard someone say recently that Marilyn Monroe was a heavy woman
Sarah Ibarruri
Dec 2011
#66
You're right! When it's men attacking women and you see that the men are
Sarah Ibarruri
Dec 2011
#69