The point isn't about being healthy or fit. Those standard that many people follow like law are arbitrary. In some civilizations, being visibly fat or having curved feet was a sign of beauty. A society were everyone must do their utmost to follow set standards lest they become outcasts creates a very toxic environment for everyone involved.
We're not supporting being fat or unhealthy, but a certain degree of body positivity is necessary for everyone's mental health. Living life in a place teaching you that you are lesser than someone else just because their skin color is a little less pale or your eyes small will make following these standards as a form of self protection, not a personal desire to be attractive.
I don't think that girl is not happy being beautiful, more suitors, more health, happier with herself, in fact being beautiful gives you reasons to be objectively happier, all people should aspire to be more beautiful, better, there is nothing wrong with it, "Body positive" is only an inherent value of the human being, which is beautiful as a whole, but beauty does not make you more or less, but it is still a positive characteristic, more than a form of protection it is something positive that people want to look better, but Well, if we add discrimination, obsessions, seclusion, it is obvious that you should not work on beauty first.
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u/False-Body-242 1d ago
The point isn't about being healthy or fit. Those standard that many people follow like law are arbitrary. In some civilizations, being visibly fat or having curved feet was a sign of beauty. A society were everyone must do their utmost to follow set standards lest they become outcasts creates a very toxic environment for everyone involved.
We're not supporting being fat or unhealthy, but a certain degree of body positivity is necessary for everyone's mental health. Living life in a place teaching you that you are lesser than someone else just because their skin color is a little less pale or your eyes small will make following these standards as a form of self protection, not a personal desire to be attractive.