Why promote size diversity acceptance?
During the month of November, I presented several programs on size diversity acceptance to the demonstrator communities for WIN the Rockies. For one of the programs, I developed a handout of some of the main concepts of size diversity acceptance, at least from my perspective. For this months thought bullets, I share those thoughts with you. • The media would have us believe that all females should be thin/slender and all males should be tall/muscular. Some refer to this as the “cookie cutter” approach to body image. That is, we should all have very similar body types. In reality, humans come in a wide variety of sizes and shapes, and rather than viewing this as a flaw for body types outside the media ideal, many people believe it is time we start celebrating diversity of body types as one of the many characteristics that make humans unique. • Could our quest for thinness actually contribute to unwanted weight gain and obesity? Think about this example: a young girl grows up with images
