I like the concept of this movie. I see that it is trying to make more women feel comfortable with their bodies. BUT, the name is awful. Again, it sets one type of body as the ideal for women. Real women don't have to have curves. Real women don't have to be rail thin. Real women don't have to have large tummies. Real women have a variety of body types, and they are beautiful.
shareI completely agree.
share"Curves" are not sagging rolls of fat. This the most pathetic euphemism ever to describe a bloated, out of shape body.
share"Curves" are not a pencil-thin arm and a chest that looks like a little boys either =)
and please, anyone who thinks these gorgeous women are bloated and out of shape has a twisted view on womens bodies...
http://images.teamsugar.com/files/usr/0/3362/america-fina.jpg
http://www.doctormacro.com/Images/West,%20Mae/Annex/Annex%20-%20West,% 20Mae%20(Go%20West%20Young%20Man)_01.jpg
http://www.thicksational.com/wp-content/uploads/queenread.jpg
http://authenticthreads.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/1marilyn-m onroe.jpg
Personally, I think America's body in RWHC looks fine with the exception of the excess belly fat, but these pics aren't really a good representation of what these actresses' bodies look like because actresses are corsetted and given shapewear for events....
sharewelll w/ the exception of america in her bra an dpanties it is hard to find pics of them in swimwear and such... they prolly feel they would be laughed at for wearing a bikini and not being a size 0.
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I agree. Some women are shaped like boys and can't put on weight; are they not women too then? I never cared for the title....
shareI have seen this film on demand a few weeks ago and, as I have posted on other boards, what is a "real" woman? People all have different ideas and will say "this is what a REAL woman is like." It bothers me because there is so much of body shaming in society today, this is evidenced perfectly in this thread alone. Thin people aren't okay, curvy people aren't okay. Even aside from just physical, it's even saying more about judgments of an attitude, that all people from a certain group are terrible people. This is not good
I come from a family who is all overweight but in different degrees, but somehow I have always been considered underweight for my height at 5'7 and 108. It is not something I can control, I take care of myself and I eat properly and probably at least twice as much as the people around me
My girlfriend on the other hand, has always been considered a little bit overweight for her height at 5'2 and 145. But like me, it is not something she can control and she also takes very good care of herself and eats very well
I have a very androgenous body with really zero breasts or hips, it's just how I'm built and how my bone structure is. My girlfriend is the exact opposite, very very curvy with a large bust and hips and would be considered a perfect hourglass
Physically we are poler opposites but what is the real difference between us? Absolutely nothing, we are both in perfect health, we were both born as women with the same chromosomes and the same anatomy and the same reproductive organs. Though my gender identity is of a complicated one and I do not always identify as female, I am a "real woman" and my girlfriend is a "real woman," my sister and my mother and grandmother, all other family and my female friends and co workers, they are all unique but they are all "real women"
Real women DON'T look like prepubescent boys.
Women aren't "supposed" to have anything. Hips and vaginas bear children. You got those assets, you can bear children. [/commonsense]