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Originally posted by Taualumna
When you read about body/size acceptance, it is almost always about accepting a larger body size. You hardly ever hear about accepting someone who is very small. It is "more okay" to tell a very slim person (regardless of height) to "eat a cheeseburger" than it is to tell a larger person to go on a diet. Many people say that size 0 or 2 is an "unrealistic" size and they don't realize that it's just as insulting as calling someone who wears a size 12 "fat." Height-wise, short people have sometimes been mistaken for children. Don't you think it's insulting to ask a 20-something woman if she is "looking for Mommy" or being denied services, even after presenting a very real ID card?
ISUKappa: The issue here is that petite women aren't demanding petite sizes, or at least, not in department stores (the NYTimes article did say that Banana Republic seems to be doing okay with petites). Maybe we just aren't voicing enough.
ETA: Ideally, I'd like to see petite sizes in European brands. European brands may be slim enough for people who have my frame size, but the length is still missy.
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Slim people do need to eat more cheeseburgers. They need to enjoy life. How about I'm short and chubby and don't give a damn who accepts it? I'm happy with me, ufkc everybody else.