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Originally posted by ltl/fb
It's saying that the pictured body types are not acceptable -- and thus backs up that the one specific body type that is nearly always shown is the only acceptable body type.
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1. Are you trying to say what I was saying in a different way? If so, well done.
2. So, we agree. But if you want to get technical about it, it's saying that body types other than the ones pictured are acceptable, which is somewhat different than saying only skinny bodies are acceptable.
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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Having, via links, viewed the fat woman in rose petals and then the original from American Beauty, I think the fat woman looks sexier than the pubescent AB chick whose name is probably escaping me because I haven't had lunch.
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Mena Suvari. She is disgusting in every way.
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Originally posted by ltl/fb
ETA so what I was saying re: offending (or not offending) was that I don't think the ad offends men who view those 3 women as unattractively fat.
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If you're going to say that, say that it doesn't offend anyone that thinks those women are unattractively fat.
That said, I wasn't personally offended by it, but I can sure see why it's offensive. The main reason being, the idea behind the ad is that women shouldn't be fat, not because they wouldn't be pleased or happy with themselves, but because men don't like their women that way. Ads usually hide that kind of idea with an implication. This one comes right out and says it. (Of course there are also problems with the ad saying that those women can't be attractive because their fat or even that there are no men that find fat women attractive, but I think the main problem with it is what I stated above.
