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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 1085 Views
Well done on the double post *NM* Stephen - 14/09/2011 04:31:36 PM 237 Views
Why do I always double post? I don't mean to. *NM* Vivien - 14/09/2011 05:00:34 PM 265 Views
Over enthuasiastically jabbing the submit button? Stephen - 14/09/2011 05:27:15 PM 470 Views
I'm for. *NM* Palatine - 14/09/2011 05:56:05 PM 236 Views
God bless big breasted women *NM* Dark Knight - 14/09/2011 06:11:59 PM 285 Views
and God doubly bless large breasted women in bikinis *NM* random thoughts - 14/09/2011 09:41:49 PM 291 Views
The woman on the right is just fat, probably dangerously so. *NM* Tom - 14/09/2011 06:29:07 PM 251 Views
Would not having a well fitting bikini top make her magically lose weight? Vivien - 14/09/2011 07:18:49 PM 523 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 560 Views
I agree with you on this. Rebekah - 14/09/2011 08:37:50 PM 716 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 634 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 564 Views
You get a range of healthy sizes in regular stores. Vivien - 14/09/2011 10:24:20 PM 648 Views
Re: You get a range of healthy sizes in regular stores. Rebekah - 14/09/2011 10:28:18 PM 706 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 571 Views
But it ISN'T Tom - 15/09/2011 03:26:43 AM 623 Views
Exactly- smoking is so much worse! Vivien - 15/09/2011 06:07:04 AM 759 Views
No. Amyrlin - 15/09/2011 05:11:54 PM 684 Views
I agree and disagree Amyrlin - 14/09/2011 09:53:01 PM 757 Views
I don't mind the directness, I want someone to engage/argue with me. Vivien - 14/09/2011 10:37:02 PM 627 Views
That would be me. Ghavrel - 15/09/2011 03:07:19 AM 516 Views
Your friend sounds hot. Vivien - 15/09/2011 05:38:18 AM 617 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 246 Views
Your friend sounds like me aerocontrols - 15/09/2011 03:21:18 PM 545 Views
*NM* TaskmasterJack - 16/09/2011 02:43:45 AM 273 Views
I would encourage you to go back and read my exact post. Tom - 15/09/2011 03:21:02 AM 636 Views
What makes you think that fat shaming is effective in making fat people lose weight? Vivien - 15/09/2011 05:26:17 AM 684 Views
that is not what he is saying LadyLorraine - 15/09/2011 06:43:04 AM 645 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 614 Views
I agree ßelals Girl - 27/09/2011 07:54:19 PM 705 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 577 Views
BwahahAHHAhAHHAhHAhAHhaa. Yes. Just what I was thinking. ^_^ globug0822 - 16/09/2011 04:38:54 AM 779 Views
Right. Vivien - 21/09/2011 10:36:22 PM 574 Views
They are nice bikinis, for bikinis. Rebekah - 14/09/2011 08:51:19 PM 632 Views
I would be kind of tempted by the boy shorts with the strings. Vivien - 14/09/2011 08:59:15 PM 642 Views
Boy shorts and a tankini top I could cope with. Rebekah - 14/09/2011 09:02:54 PM 703 Views
Tankinis!? Vivien - 14/09/2011 09:21:38 PM 736 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 501 Views
they do look cute. Aeryn - 14/09/2011 11:23:54 PM 582 Views
Tankinis!? Or the stuff in the link? Vivien - 14/09/2011 11:29:39 PM 688 Views
Tankini. *NM* Aeryn - 14/09/2011 11:30:20 PM 256 Views
I might go for a tankini next summer... LaSombra - 28/09/2011 08:48:00 PM 700 Views
Best horizontal scrollbar ever. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 14/09/2011 10:48:47 PM 285 Views
The fat woman disappeared! *NM* Two Wongs - 05/10/2011 11:27:22 AM 260 Views
"All bikinis 50% off" said the sign in the window aerocontrols - 15/09/2011 01:51:22 AM 678 Views
"well-endowed women" and "plus-size women" *NM* Sareitha Sedai - 16/09/2011 02:06:10 PM 292 Views
?? *NM* Amyrlin - 16/09/2011 07:01:42 PM 270 Views
redundant and inaccurate. Aeryn - 16/09/2011 07:56:40 PM 473 Views
I was saying Sareitha Sedai - 16/09/2011 08:10:09 PM 605 Views
Should it really, though? There's no ambiguity in "well endowed women". Legolas - 16/09/2011 09:31:42 PM 480 Views
I might have inherited a pit of water from my father? *NM* Two Wongs - 05/10/2011 11:28:30 AM 225 Views
yeah, bikinis always seem aimed at smaller boobs... LaSombra - 18/09/2011 06:41:24 PM 570 Views
Re: yeah, bikinis always seem aimed at smaller boobs... TaskmasterJack - 18/09/2011 06:45:00 PM 556 Views
LOL LaSombra - 18/09/2011 09:52:28 PM 651 Views
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