Sexist clothing sizing

meds, eh??? interesting... glad I'm not on any.


That was not called for

fyi she could have something serious be cautious abour what you say and how you say it works both ways

 

I can't wait for the day the people who insist that skinny = healthy and fit and that fat = unhealthy and lazy get past their teens and early 20s. Once their metabolism slows down, once they perhaps have a kid or two, once they actually have to work to keep slim, maybe they'll realise how much piffle they've been spouting.

Every single female in my family was naturally skinny when they were young. Every single one of them has noticed a difference when they got older. Your adolescent metabolism simply isn't going to carry you through life. Adult females are designed to have fat reserves. Blame nature.

Now, I'm 22 and I'm recovering from an eating disorder. Food and weight have been a big issue in my life, largely thanks to twats who insist that anything over size 14 (UK*) is too big and a threat to one's health. Let me tell you though, when I was a size 6 I was nowhere near as healthy as I am now.

BMIs and other ways to determine "ideal weight" are largely bullshit. I happen to fit into them fairly well, my ideal weight actually is what the BMI scale tells me. Many people are naturally below the ideal as calculated by BMI. Many people are naturally over it. BMI does not take into account bone density, muscle mass, any variables at all.

With clothing, the problem isn't just weight. My top would fit into a 10 easily if it weren't for the pesky boobs which immediately put me up to a 14. With trousers, my waist is a 12, but my butt and hips put me into a 16. What this whole thing means is not that I'm overweight, not that I'm not fit, but that I'm not the right shape. And no matter how much weight I might lose, I can't change my bone structure.

I have a nice hourglass shape that I'm finally learning to appreciate, after 7 years of starving myself, counting calories, overexercising and puking. Sadly, the clothing industry doesn't appreciate it as it keeps pushing out clothes made for women who have narrower hips and smaller boobs. Which is fine as there are plenty of women out there who fit into them. I just hate that everything out of that model is so hard to find clothes for.

As an aside, I have some clothes from the 70s. A sz10 top from back then fits me rather loosely. It's got room for some boobage. Me likey. I wish they still made clothes for different shapes like they did back then. I blame Twiggy.



*good rule of thumb for sizing differences between UK and US is to go one size down from the UK ones. So, 14UK = 12US, 12UK = 10US and so on. Of course this depends on the manufacturer a bit, as the sizing can vary greatly.

 

cautious, eh? Sounds like a threat. I didn't say anything offensive; believe it or not I've been on meds before and they made me a zombie so I was merely stating that because I'd rather be over emotional than numb. So before you go throwing around threats and your cosmic wisdom don't make assumptions and interpret things that aren't there.

 

Congratulations on overcoming your eating disorder and seeing your true beauty! I know I'm probably seen as the "bad guy" on this thread, but really, all I was saying was CLINICAL OBESITY, not being big, but actual diagnosed by a doctor disease, is well, a disease.
I struggled with an eating disorder throughout my adolecence, sucked in by all the pro ana crap on the web. Luckily I woke up in time to see what I was doing to myself.
However, I don't agree with you on "I blame Twiggy." I don't think it helps any to point the blame at anyone who is skinny OR the media. In the end it comes down to personal responsibility, and realizing that the media is fake.

 

Every woman is beautiful in her own way. The shops should encourage all women to dress with style.

 

yeah, god forbid they would hinder your weightloss. then what would you be?

 

The reason there are so many xs , s and 2's etc. is that most common shoppers are your size so your sizes are harder to find. There are less people buying those sizes, meaning they are still in stock.