Women and Weight Loss; Does Losing Weight Diminish You?

     It’s true that most of us in America, both male and female, need to trim down a bit,  but speaking to my fellow women, have you ever wondered what the men get out of having us starve ourselves into a thin ribbon of flesh?

    Of course there are the obvious things such as the chance to strut about with a piece of eye candy on his arm; the ability to make both his friends and  his enemies jealous because of the attractive slender woman you’ve become. That’s a certain way to feed his ego, and in that scenario, you’ve become a possession similar to a Royals Royce. It's also true that he may have poor self esteem and by feeling that he posesses a beautiful woman, he beleives that he is of greater worth.

    And of course if you eat less, there is more for him. I suppose that might be a reason in some poorer societies where the husband/father is fed first and the wife and children eat what is left. But is that all there is to it?

    What would be the benefit to men if all women were small and thin? They would be diminished. They would become less threatening and easier to control physically. Compared to the bulk of the men, who see no reason to starve themselves into thinness, such a woman would be like a child and the psychology behind size and role would be reinforced making men more like fathers, but women more like children.

    However, this hasn’t always been true in all societies. Many a pioneer ancestor of ours searched for a big, strong, healthy woman to be his wife. Her size and strength was an asset when working in the field, pulling the plow, or lugging around one of the numerous children. He was also less likely to lose such a woman to childbirth. Instead she could give him strong healthy children like herself.

     What is the common theme here? I think it’s that the woman’s shape that is idolized in a given society is the shape that works best for the men in the society. For this reason, I urge you to consider not what’s best for the men in your life, but what is best for you, for your health and your advancement, before succumbing to starvation diets. For you it may be best to shed some pounds, considering your health and circumstances, but don’t let someone else, who has his own private ax to grind, bully you into diminishing yourself until you are only a pretty flower on the wall, looking good but fading away like the wall paper.