Comments on: Part One: Body Image and Physical Attractiveness…. Are We Fighting a Losing Battle Against Ourselves?? http://www.lobelia.net/wordpressblog/2008/07/part-one-body-image-and-physical-attractiveness-are-we-fighting-a-losing-battle-against-ourselves/ an american songstress in london. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:17:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Kat http://www.lobelia.net/wordpressblog/2008/07/part-one-body-image-and-physical-attractiveness-are-we-fighting-a-losing-battle-against-ourselves/#comment-215 Kat Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:28:38 +0000 http://www.lobelia.net/wordpressblog/?p=124#comment-215 It was my mother that gave me my body issues, when I got to around 16 I started to fill out and at that point she started to make comments about me putting on weight and getting fat. At that point filling out translated to a gymnast & figure skater putting on enough weight to be about 8.5/9 stone (which considering I'm 5'7" is pretty light & toned if you ask me). This wasn't helped by the fact that I do have a bit of an ass on me.....figure skating does tend to develop you're glutes, but her comments have stayed with me for years and it's only now at 33 years old that I really feel comfortable with my body and how I look. It was my mother that gave me my body issues, when I got to around 16 I started to fill out and at that point she started to make comments about me putting on weight and getting fat. At that point filling out translated to a gymnast & figure skater putting on enough weight to be about 8.5/9 stone (which considering I’m 5′7″ is pretty light & toned if you ask me). This wasn’t helped by the fact that I do have a bit of an ass on me…..figure skating does tend to develop you’re glutes, but her comments have stayed with me for years and it’s only now at 33 years old that I really feel comfortable with my body and how I look.

]]> By: Lo. http://www.lobelia.net/wordpressblog/2008/07/part-one-body-image-and-physical-attractiveness-are-we-fighting-a-losing-battle-against-ourselves/#comment-214 Lo. Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:07:14 +0000 http://www.lobelia.net/wordpressblog/?p=124#comment-214 Thanks Dean. It's a strange business, the way we collude with the media to put pressure on celebrities to look a certain way and in turn, find ourselves subjected to that same pressure. It's a vicious cycle. Thanks Dean. It’s a strange business, the way we collude with the media to put pressure on celebrities to look a certain way and in turn, find ourselves subjected to that same pressure. It’s a vicious cycle.

]]> By: Dean Whitbread http://www.lobelia.net/wordpressblog/2008/07/part-one-body-image-and-physical-attractiveness-are-we-fighting-a-losing-battle-against-ourselves/#comment-213 Dean Whitbread Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:02:17 +0000 http://www.lobelia.net/wordpressblog/?p=124#comment-213 Looks and status definitely go together - celebrity being the yardstick by which all are now judged. Interesting topic, well opened up.. Looks and status definitely go together - celebrity being the yardstick by which all are now judged. Interesting topic, well opened up..

]]> By: Lo. http://www.lobelia.net/wordpressblog/2008/07/part-one-body-image-and-physical-attractiveness-are-we-fighting-a-losing-battle-against-ourselves/#comment-210 Lo. Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:59:19 +0000 http://www.lobelia.net/wordpressblog/?p=124#comment-210 Great Comments Cris and Tess! Tess, you are definitely one of the most confident women I know. It's refreshing to see. Kennan, Fascinating topic. I've been reading a lot about this very subject....the laws of attraction, facial symmetry, hip to waist ratio ect... I do think attraction has a lot to do with evolution in ways that we don't readily understand. Perhaps people feel they've risen above their instincts?? Great Comments Cris and Tess! Tess, you are definitely one of the most confident women I know. It’s refreshing to see.

Kennan,

Fascinating topic. I’ve been reading a lot about this very subject….the laws of attraction, facial symmetry, hip to waist ratio ect… I do think attraction has a lot to do with evolution in ways that we don’t readily understand. Perhaps people feel they’ve risen above their instincts??

]]> By: Kennan Shaw http://www.lobelia.net/wordpressblog/2008/07/part-one-body-image-and-physical-attractiveness-are-we-fighting-a-losing-battle-against-ourselves/#comment-209 Kennan Shaw Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:37:54 +0000 http://www.lobelia.net/wordpressblog/?p=124#comment-209 My point of view is that we're just not as far "out of the trees" as we think we are. A lot of these beauty myths can be traced to the perception of fertility. It's the same thing that drives the Midlife Crisis High End Auto Market for men. "Car shiny! Girl like!" So is embracing evolution a part of evolution? Humans seem far too short-sighted to really pull that off. My point of view is that we’re just not as far “out of the trees” as we think we are. A lot of these beauty myths can be traced to the perception of fertility. It’s the same thing that drives the Midlife Crisis High End Auto Market for men. “Car shiny! Girl like!”
So is embracing evolution a part of evolution? Humans seem far too short-sighted to really pull that off.

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