Originally Posted by 2HousePlague

"BAD" ???

You make it sound like we're talking about absolute standards of health here, rather than about highly subjective and highly variable AESTHETIC standards. You need only shut off the TV, burn all the Vogues and Elles and Cosmos, and vsit any of the world's fine art museums to see how recently the ideals of female beauty have come to resemble what even our grandfathers would have called sickliness, malnourishment and ugliness.


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