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UnfairRepresent posted...

I'm split on this

On one hand it's absolutely true that the internet has ruined a lot of people's standards for women.

You get people flat out denying that over half of women have uneven sized breasts because "Well the girls in my porn don't!" and there's 0 question attitudes like this cause severe mental health issues and bullying towards women (specfically aged 12-25) who don't look good or have imperfections with their body.

That being said and established, I don't think you can just demand that people don't find perfection sexy. That seems like a fools errand.

Of course people (specifically men) are going to lust over and seek out beautiful women with no stretch/birthmarks, big boobs, supple lips, no fat, no scars and long lovely hair. You can't just wave your finger and suddenly that doesn't make their dicks hard anymore. It's evolution.

Male brains are hard-wired to see signs of fertility as really sexually desirable for a mate. Youth, lips, hips, boobs.

Somehow I don't see a call for "Hey women why don't you fuck short balding hairy fat men with tiny dicks and a shitty job!? They're still human. Those imperfections are human!" going over well while people cream over Chris Hemsworth's pecs.

I guess I land on "Don't be dicks to women but you can't pretend sexy people ain't sexy just because you're not. Accept reality and just don't be dicks to each other."

And I say this as someone who thinks conventional models look weird. I can't deny being in the minority though

Still for the life of me don't understand how Gal Gadot trips so many people's triggers. Especially considering Wonder Woman is supposed to be tall and muscular and she looks like she was stuck in a hole for 100 days surviving purely on water and insects.

Who are you and what have you done with UnfairRepresent? I expected a substandard hypothetical!

I actually agree with this.

Furthermore (oh, here we go...)

I think body positivity is absolutely excellent. I've had a problem with body dysmorphia around my weight ever since I was a teenager (that has been thankfully controllable with anti-depressants). I would have given anything to be able to feel comfortable in myself when I was younger and seriously freaking cute. These days, eh, nobody buys drinks for me but I have someone I can share everything with.

Every body has flaws. Mine has many flaws. I have a supernumerary nipple courtesy of being bitten in Year 3, a chunk out of my nose courtesy of being bitten in Year 2. There was much biting (on my opponents' part). If it's any consolation, I eventually bit one of the scions of the captains of industry (Macquarie Bank) when he tried to end a fight by just lying on me. he was a Big Unit. I have wicked stretchmarks from when I was a Big Unit in Years 7 to 9. Then I discovered eating disoders!

I also have strange discolouration in strange places.

You know what, though? I can finally honestly say that I am finally happy with my body, whether it's slick, svelte and schmick, or potentially porcine. I will own my dad-bod and my covid kilos.

I will always keep my weight within healthy parameters (and there, I think as they say, is the rub), but I will always be comfortable as long as it's not unhealthy. I wouldn't expect anything else from anyone else.

If someone is happy as they are? More fucking power to them. They have my blessing and my admiration.