I knew that commercial was a bad influence!

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And again, that big to-do with that Miss AmeriUSAca contestant being dropped from the pageant for being "too fat" is PROOF that you LITERALLY HAVE to be a size ZERO in order to be accepted by society today; we've seen it happen over the years: the numbers get steadily smaller and smaller of what's considered acceptable. Remember here a couple of years ago when Jessica Simpson put on a FEW pounds? And she actually looked like a NORMAL woman instead of a generic Hollywood stick figure? And people were all, "Eww! Look at her! She's SOOOOOO fat now!", "Ugh, she's such a fatty!", "What the Elmo has she been eating?!" And now the same thing's going on with Britney Spears in her signature skimpy outfits and everyone's like, "Geez Brit, do something about that paunch, will ya?!"

Oh I agree, I think the fashion industry and the Miss America shows have a lot to answer for.

And yeah I'm even seeing that with men on TV shows. Fans will start going, "Wow he's getting fat!" Um no....that's called looking normal!

 

[Drtooth]

I still hate how society mangled up the term "curvy", and it took it COMPLETELY out of context, so now, if you see someone who has a genuinely nice figure/shape (remember folks, women are SUPPOSED to have hips and such), you can no longer say they have really nice curves, because now, you're essentially saying they're fat, but in a polite/politically correct way.

Can I just say Sarah Rue looked MUCH cuter when she had a slightly chubby cheeked face? Now she looks like everyone else. She had a cute geekiness about her, now she's the same unapproachable, cold supermodel looking everyone else.

I've said it too many times to count, but... tabloids have "OMG! Lookit how FAT this fatso is" pics of someone round 20 pounds more than the picture next to them "OMG! Sad anorexic person who you can see bones of! Weep for her."

It's like 10 pounds? A trip to the bathroom in the morning gets rid of that. Especially if you eat fiber.

 

[beatnikchick300]

I hate how those commercials are usually (though not always) targeted at women. The media does seem to have a double standard when it comes to being overweight (the number of sitcoms featuring a fat, dumpy guy married to a slim, beautiful woman, anyone?). What annoys me the most is that few, if any, of the women in these commercials are actually overweight; most of them are pretty svelte.

Also annoying are the diet pill ads where the women brag about going from a size 12 or 10 (a normal, healthy size) to a size 2 or 4. Any of the men in those same ads, if you look at their "before" pictures, actually looked like they needed to lose some weight.

 

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I hate how those commercials are usually (though not always) targeted at women.

A lot of commercials are targeted at women; they're at home during the day more than men.

 

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Also annoying are the diet pill ads where the women brag about going from a size 12 or 10 (a normal, healthy size) to a size 2 or 4. Any of the men in those same ads, if you look at their "before" pictures, actually looked like they needed to lose some weight.

I do agree with you here though, women's health is basically made into a mockery with these ads.

 

[Drtooth]

I hate how those commercials are usually (though not always) targeted at women. The media does seem to have a double standard when it comes to being overweight (the number of sitcoms featuring a fat, dumpy guy married to a slim, beautiful woman, anyone?). What annoys me the most is that few, if any, of the women in these commercials are actually overweight; most of them are pretty svelte.

That's what I was getting at too. The girl in the Yogurt commercial, and I said it before, looks like she NEEDS to eat the cheesecake. Thin people obsessing about how "fat" they are is A) body image disorder and B) a punch in the face to epople who actually are overweight and no matter what they do, can't seem to shake more than a few pounds.

Now, if it's the men/women thing, these advertisers know how to push our buttons. Generally women are afraid of being fat (a lot apparently rides on that) and men are generally afraid of their sexuality being questioned. I've seen a LOT of truck/SUV commercials that basically say "If you don't drive a gas chugging, environmental disaster on wheels, especially if you don't need it, you're not a man at ALL!" But those commercials seem to go away when gas prices go up... then they pretend to focus on fuel efficiency until prices go down.

What's wrong with kid's commercials is debatable, BUT the worst I've ever seen is "you're out of the loop unless you buy this toy/video game console" or the rare saying something's good for you when it isn't (but that's been long gone for years). Adult commercials play psychological warfare!

I've also noticed with male weight loss commercials, they're all about building muscle tone, not so much weight. Though, men are more concerned about losing... uh... well... if you don't know, you flunked health class.

 

[D'Snowth]

Thin people obsessing about how "fat" they are is A) body image disorder and B) a punch in the face to epople who actually are overweight and no matter what they do, can't seem to shake more than a few pounds.

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, YES, that's what I've been saying!

 

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Thin people obsessing about how "fat" they are is B) a punch in the face to epople who actually are overweight and no matter what they do, can't seem to shake more than a few pounds.

I do agree; it's incredibly insensitive to say the least.

Adult commercials play psychological warfare!

Well yeah, you just described all advertisements that ever were in a nutshell! Lol.

 

[Drtooth]

At the risk of sounding hypocritical, I DO love the same Yogurt company's ad where the woman's mean to the cake.

"There's NO such thing as a Bear Sheriff!"

 

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At the risk of sounding hypocritical, I DO love the same Yogurt company's ad where the woman's mean to the cake.

"There's NO such thing as a Bear Sheriff!"

Oh yeah I forgot all about that one! Lol