greenglasstree t1_jcn6wrg wrote on March 18, 2023 at 1:21 AM

Reply to comment by costillaultima in Support Reproductive Justice in Maine this Women's History Month! by cm-1414

You guys have higher obesity rates, lower rate of education. You're less likely to listen to classical music, or to have travelled abroad (being deployed in Iraq doesn't count).

costillaultima t1_jcn7j0x wrote on March 18, 2023 at 1:26 AM

So all for body positivity until you need a negative point? Also less educated? If you mean college then I hate to tell you but in many cases it's more or less useless. Also not sure what listening to classical music has to do with anything. As for traveling abroad if you're looking down on people for not doing that you're an elitist.

greenglasstree t1_jcn7u3h wrote on March 18, 2023 at 1:28 AM

I'm not a member of the body positivity movement. In fact, my views on BMI are more similar to the average person in Japan than the average progressive Westerner.

peppapoofle4 t1_jcpp3oy wrote on March 18, 2023 at 4:31 PM

This is way off topic for this post, but I wanted to comment that the body positivity movement is about acceptance of all bodies, regardless of size, shape, skin tone, gender, and physical abilities, while challenging present-day beauty standards as an undesirable social construct. While most people are capable of having a healthy body through healthy diet and exercise, there are still many people trapped in a larger body due to various conditions and illnesses. Body positivity is just a matter of accepting and respecting other humans, no matter what they look like. It’s just common decency. There are other movements out there that try to glamorize obesity and say it’s healthy, but I think it’s typical of any movement for people to twist things to the extreme.