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It has always been considered rude and bad to comment on a curvy woman. It always feels bad to throw comments like you are fat/ too big. But no one has ever considered nor thought about the skinny women. Most people consider it to be a fair game or a comment rather than something bad. Many are times you will hear skinny people being told “you need to eat more to cover those bones” and it even goes further, to them being compared to toothpick and twigs.
No one has ever considered this as offensive. The skinny woman also goes through struggles. They might not be the same as the ones the curvy woman goes through but they are equally struggles. Some of the struggles they go through include;
Not gaining weight; People must understand that there are some people who are naturally skinny. And so they may never gain weight as much as they try. People roll eyes at the skinny ladies whenever they say they have been trying to eat but their weight doesn’t increase.
Being referred to as the skinny one; it does not feel good when people refer to you as the skinny one. It’s as painful as calling someone fat, over weight and obese.
The assumption that you have an eating disorder; as if looks can diagnose mental health.
Feeling cold all the time; Believe me or not. Skinny women always feel cold.
Trying to find cloths that fit enough becomes difficult. Fitting tops are impossible to find, you end up shopping at the kids section for your cloths. Finding pants that fit in the waist and the same time the right height is equally very difficult.
Strangers asking “do you eat” all the time, and people advising you to eat every other time.
People are literary scared of you. Others say they are scared to hug you because you might break.
Skinny people miss out on new fashion, because they don’t have the curves to fit in.
In as much as many fat ladies work out to become skinny, these are just but the few challenges they may face once they become skinny. People go as far as telling you to be careful not to be blown by the wind outside. People should understand that neither skinny nor curvy is sexy, but confidence. Never bush any skinny or curvy person you see out there because no one can understand the struggles they are going through better than them.
