Body image: the stigma surrounding skeletal models & manikins
As a nation fuelled by fat shaming, the stigma surrounding skeletal models and manikins is often overlooked as the media's perception of 'perfection' religiously resembles the protruding ribs of runway models promoting a physique defined by prominent bones, and a skeletal silhouette - a silhouette that fails to promote the positive body image a worrying number of women and young girls already struggle to sustain as a result of society's fictional fixation with flaunting a feminine figure that is both 'skinny' in shape, and size.
Despite the difficulties designers face when creating a clothing display directed at fashion conscious consumers, the use of malnourished manikins portraying the protruding bones of a disproportioned physique is not only unacceptable, but an unrealistic indication of what a healthy female figure should look like. In fact, it creates nothing but a sickening silhouette that is set to ignite and intensify the insecurities of every woman (and girl) who already feels pressured to portray a physique that reflects the media's unrealistic perception of perfection - perfection that is merely a figment of their fake imagination - or is facing a daily battle with the food they're convinced is making them 'fat'.
Instead of subjecting your body weight, shape and size to the self loathing that stems from negative self analysis, remember this...
Beauty isn't defined by ones body, but how one perceives that body. A woman who oozes confidence can either have curves, or crave curves - both resemble the definition of beauty when that woman loves every inch of herself inside, and out. Never be ashamed of what your body looks like on the outside - be ashamed only when you begin to question how beautiful it truly is.
Despite the difficulties designers face when creating a clothing display directed at fashion conscious consumers, the use of malnourished manikins portraying the protruding bones of a disproportioned physique is not only unacceptable, but an unrealistic indication of what a healthy female figure should look like. In fact, it creates nothing but a sickening silhouette that is set to ignite and intensify the insecurities of every woman (and girl) who already feels pressured to portray a physique that reflects the media's unrealistic perception of perfection - perfection that is merely a figment of their fake imagination - or is facing a daily battle with the food they're convinced is making them 'fat'.
Instead of subjecting your body weight, shape and size to the self loathing that stems from negative self analysis, remember this...
Beauty isn't defined by ones body, but how one perceives that body. A woman who oozes confidence can either have curves, or crave curves - both resemble the definition of beauty when that woman loves every inch of herself inside, and out. Never be ashamed of what your body looks like on the outside - be ashamed only when you begin to question how beautiful it truly is.
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