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Last night I was asked to be part of a discussion on Radio National’s Australia Talks program about Body Image.The other guests were a woman who spoke about her battle with anorexia and bulimia as well as: Professor Phillipa Hay, Foundation Chair of Mental Health, University of Western Sydney and Julie Parker, General manager, The Butterfly Foundation
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@angel; I think we are likely to see changes to the so-called 'wiring' of people. Men may be attracted to physically fit women to ensure healthy offspring, and women to men that can provide and protect.... but women are now able to provide and protect for themselves. Evolution is making these changes, but society and the media are not keeping up with what is healty and possible for some women. What is 'fit' and what is healthy are not always aligned in the media!
SO-called body image issues are a made up malady, based upon feminist wrongheaded presumptions about the motivations of men. Women who have body image problems are responding to pressure to compete as biology insist they must through their looks. Men are wired to what to be with women who fit a certain physical profile. Women are wired to want men who can provide and protect. The difference is men don't complain and develop issues When they don't live up to the biological expectations women impose on them and even if they did most women lack the compassion to care.