Scarleteen

This isn't exactly a question but a general statement. I have come to realize that in ancient civilizations like Rome or Greece, belly rolls were part of a normal beauty standard. As in a fuller form meant fertility and wealth. I'm realizing that if in that time people could embrace body diversity in body types that in this day and age it should be the same even if western media portrays slender and athletic builds. This realization kind of helped me understand that a fuller body form doesn't always mean unhealthy, and even then it is kind of attractive. Some reasons that make sense for it to be attractive might be because our primal mind associates a softer and curvy body to mean fertility and more access to resources like food.

Hi MaxiMan!

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I definitely agree with you that there are many factors affecting how bodies are seen by society. It also reminds me of one of the books I read about how discrimination against fat people (fatphobia) is rooted in racism (especially anti-Blackness) called Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings. In the end, how we view bodies is clearly tied to the things around us, and what we believe in.