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Exactly- smoking is so much worse! Vivien Send a noteboard - 15/09/2011 06:07:04 AM
Actually smoking is a great analogy because it's so extreme. Absolutely, smoking directly effects the people in the smoker's environment. I agree that both obesity and smoking is not healthy but smoking is a lot worse because it affects people other than the smoker. And YET, smoking is still sexy and fat people are vilified.

Really, I don't think any obese person does not know that it's not ideal to be obese. The question is- should they be forced to dwell on it every minute of every day? There are in fact warnings on food- there's nutritional information on most packaged food, and in fast food menus.

Smoking is a bad analogy because, unlike obesity, it directly affects the people around the smoker. However, let's run with it. When a smoker buys cigarettes, there's a warning on every pack. Sure, they ignore them, but they don't try to fool themselves into thinking that smoking is GOOD for them or healthy.

The tendency that is highlighted in these ads is essentially trying to say that there isn't anything wrong with being obese, but there is, and the statistics are as unequivocal as they are with respect to smoking.

I'm not saying that fat people don't have a right to wear bikinis. I'm just saying this ad is wilfully deceptive and trying to reinforce a false notion - that obesity is not a problem. It's no different than the old cigarette commercials from the first half of the Twentieth Century.
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Bikinis for well endowed women Vivien - 14/09/2011 04:19:39 PM 1068 Views
Well done on the double post *NM* Stephen - 14/09/2011 04:31:36 PM 233 Views
Why do I always double post? I don't mean to. *NM* Vivien - 14/09/2011 05:00:34 PM 260 Views
Over enthuasiastically jabbing the submit button? Stephen - 14/09/2011 05:27:15 PM 452 Views
I'm for. *NM* Palatine - 14/09/2011 05:56:05 PM 229 Views
God bless big breasted women *NM* Dark Knight - 14/09/2011 06:11:59 PM 281 Views
and God doubly bless large breasted women in bikinis *NM* random thoughts - 14/09/2011 09:41:49 PM 286 Views
The woman on the right is just fat, probably dangerously so. *NM* Tom - 14/09/2011 06:29:07 PM 247 Views
Would not having a well fitting bikini top make her magically lose weight? Vivien - 14/09/2011 07:18:49 PM 508 Views
I protest the "I'm okay, you're okay" drivel inherent in the statement "plus-size". Tom - 14/09/2011 08:30:34 PM 541 Views
I agree with you on this. Rebekah - 14/09/2011 08:37:50 PM 697 Views
It's not that they're real and you're not. It's that they're real *too*. Vivien - 14/09/2011 09:15:24 PM 618 Views
I get that. But that's not what they say. And it's not just an advertising campaign. Rebekah - 14/09/2011 09:35:03 PM 551 Views
You get a range of healthy sizes in regular stores. Vivien - 14/09/2011 10:24:20 PM 631 Views
Re: You get a range of healthy sizes in regular stores. Rebekah - 14/09/2011 10:28:18 PM 689 Views
They have to over emphasize that it's ok precisely because society keeps saying that it's not Vivien - 14/09/2011 08:51:03 PM 554 Views
But it ISN'T Tom - 15/09/2011 03:26:43 AM 608 Views
Exactly- smoking is so much worse! Vivien - 15/09/2011 06:07:04 AM 744 Views
No. Amyrlin - 15/09/2011 05:11:54 PM 668 Views
I agree and disagree Amyrlin - 14/09/2011 09:53:01 PM 739 Views
I don't mind the directness, I want someone to engage/argue with me. Vivien - 14/09/2011 10:37:02 PM 610 Views
That would be me. Ghavrel - 15/09/2011 03:07:19 AM 502 Views
Your friend sounds hot. Vivien - 15/09/2011 05:38:18 AM 601 Views
There's still a bit of fat on him, but yes, he's becoming much more attractive. *NM* Ghavrel - 15/09/2011 07:25:34 AM 241 Views
Your friend sounds like me aerocontrols - 15/09/2011 03:21:18 PM 525 Views
*NM* TaskmasterJack - 16/09/2011 02:43:45 AM 266 Views
I would encourage you to go back and read my exact post. Tom - 15/09/2011 03:21:02 AM 621 Views
What makes you think that fat shaming is effective in making fat people lose weight? Vivien - 15/09/2011 05:26:17 AM 664 Views
that is not what he is saying LadyLorraine - 15/09/2011 06:43:04 AM 628 Views
Re: What makes you think that fat shaming is effective in making fat people lose weight? Amyrlin - 15/09/2011 01:50:16 PM 597 Views
I agree ßelals Girl - 27/09/2011 07:54:19 PM 687 Views
Should she have a disclaimer across her chest- my breasts are only big because of fat? Vivien - 14/09/2011 07:31:29 PM 557 Views
BwahahAHHAhAHHAhHAhAHhaa. Yes. Just what I was thinking. ^_^ globug0822 - 16/09/2011 04:38:54 AM 758 Views
Right. Vivien - 21/09/2011 10:36:22 PM 557 Views
They are nice bikinis, for bikinis. Rebekah - 14/09/2011 08:51:19 PM 617 Views
I would be kind of tempted by the boy shorts with the strings. Vivien - 14/09/2011 08:59:15 PM 626 Views
Boy shorts and a tankini top I could cope with. Rebekah - 14/09/2011 09:02:54 PM 683 Views
Tankinis!? Vivien - 14/09/2011 09:21:38 PM 717 Views
I'm all about the coverage. T-shirts and shorts are not comfortable for swimming in. Rebekah - 14/09/2011 09:31:04 PM 482 Views
they do look cute. Aeryn - 14/09/2011 11:23:54 PM 566 Views
Tankinis!? Or the stuff in the link? Vivien - 14/09/2011 11:29:39 PM 666 Views
Tankini. *NM* Aeryn - 14/09/2011 11:30:20 PM 250 Views
I might go for a tankini next summer... LaSombra - 28/09/2011 08:48:00 PM 682 Views
Best horizontal scrollbar ever. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 14/09/2011 10:48:47 PM 282 Views
The fat woman disappeared! *NM* Two Wongs - 05/10/2011 11:27:22 AM 256 Views
"All bikinis 50% off" said the sign in the window aerocontrols - 15/09/2011 01:51:22 AM 651 Views
"well-endowed women" and "plus-size women" *NM* Sareitha Sedai - 16/09/2011 02:06:10 PM 285 Views
?? *NM* Amyrlin - 16/09/2011 07:01:42 PM 263 Views
redundant and inaccurate. Aeryn - 16/09/2011 07:56:40 PM 455 Views
I was saying Sareitha Sedai - 16/09/2011 08:10:09 PM 588 Views
Should it really, though? There's no ambiguity in "well endowed women". Legolas - 16/09/2011 09:31:42 PM 461 Views
I might have inherited a pit of water from my father? *NM* Two Wongs - 05/10/2011 11:28:30 AM 218 Views
yeah, bikinis always seem aimed at smaller boobs... LaSombra - 18/09/2011 06:41:24 PM 546 Views
Re: yeah, bikinis always seem aimed at smaller boobs... TaskmasterJack - 18/09/2011 06:45:00 PM 540 Views
LOL LaSombra - 18/09/2011 09:52:28 PM 629 Views
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