Skinny Vs Fat.

I came across this picture today:

What is your first thought when you read that? That its true? That its not true? That men can and will like whatever woman they please?
My first thought was this: When did it become okay to hate on skinny girls? Hang on, when is it ever okay to hate on ANY Girl?

When i was in my first few years of being a teen, 'curves' were not in fashion. It was all about being as slim as possible. As a result of this, me and most of my friends, would starve ourselves of a lunch time, and constantly, be aspiring to be something that wasn't natural to our bodies. As the years went on, it became more 'acceptable' to be curvy, and men came around the idea of a big bum, big boobs, curvy hips. Hooray for all those girls who no matter how many bowls of vegetables and dry crackers they would eat, could never manage to get down to a size 8!! Right? Wrong. Now apparently society seemingly thinks its okay to openly have a go at girls for being slim/skinny/bony etc.. Guys. THIS IS NOT OKAY.

It was never, ever okay for the boys at school to make jokes at my expense because i wasn't how they wanted me to look, i was a bit too big. That is something i'll always, always remember and carry with me throughout my life. I'm sure most girls have had issues with weight at some point in their lives, so why am i seeing pictures like this, and girls retweeting them onto my Timeline. How dare you make someone who is smaller, naturally thin, and perfectly healthy, feel like a man is never going to go near them because they don't have a big bum, or thicker thighs? This is bullying. You may not realise what you're doing, or what you're saying, but its time that we do. As much as its not okay to make a person who is a little larger, feel as though they will never get any attention, or be looked at as beautiful, its equally as nasty to do that to someone who is thin. 

Men will be attracted to whatever they want to be attracted to. Some like thick girls, some like thin girls. Who cares? since when was it up to a woman to aspire to be what 'men' find attractive. 

Woman are bought up to be competitors. This is bullshit. We should be empowering one and other, we should be supporting each other. We should love each other, not compete with who can be slimmest, or who can squat the most to get the perkiest bum. Come on, girls.

It may be cliche, but everyone is beautiful, and everyone deserves their own chance in life without being put down by others. So next time, you walk past someone and judge them for being "too skinny" think about yourself for a second, your size. You're probably the natural size for your body. So is the girl who you deem to be "too skinny" if she's a size 6, and healthy, then how can we hate on that, please? Should she put on weight to get a man, or to please you?

I'd like to stress that, if you are genuinely concerned for someone's health because of their weight, and you are the right person to do so, then you should bring up your concerns to that individual and try to help. 

Ayme's World x