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Going on a diet anti woman?

by Neel

I liked novelist India Knight’s story in the Guardian. Her book the Idiot proof diet celebrates her transformation from size 22 to size 14. She revels in her new identity and did not expect a feminist brigade to march down her door and protest over her perception of fat and thereby ugly.

That raises an interesting debate. If fat is beautiful, then is dieting ugly, a vampish anorexic urge to be perfect for the male gaze? Are women dieting for men or for themselves? Is it wrong to want to look slimmer and does slimming down make you feel sexier? Is being obese necessarily being healthy?

I come from a place where fat is considered beautiful. So anyone who is remotely thin has bleak chances of being courted…fat may be beautiful in some parts of the world.Perceptions are different and size zero may not be the ultimate ideal.But I don’t think being feminist means supporting unhealthy lifestyles.

Read It’s not unfeminist to go on a diet.

Would love to know what you think.

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Posted in General, Slim Diet, Thinking Cap on February 20th, 2007

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7 Responses to “Going on a diet anti woman?”

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