Just some other thoughts, some directly related, some not.
I'm not sure in what context you mean when you say, "any idea of
what it's like to live with the feeling of being constantly hungry?"
No, I don't. I rarely ever have the feeling of being hungry, and
I wish to felt that way more often.
No, I have never gone on a crash diet. My ongoing plan to lose
about 25 lbs is to eat less. A little less all the time. I am
having some success but not much. Losing weight, in my opinion
must be coupled with some kind of exercise. I have not been
doing much of that lately, either.
As to the other issues, which you put in a context, I would say,
of exploitation of women, I would have no comment, except that I
don't see anything changing there, short of the continuing
campaign hi-lighting violence against women, or domestic abuse.
That has become a more hi profile issue, deservedly so, of course.
To put a damper on girls aspiring to win beauty contests, or
become cheerleaders, I think is a misdirected objective that can
detour into political correctness issues, which can also become
extreme.
By the way, do you regularly feel genuinely hungry?
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<mailto:salsunshineiniowa@...> wrote :
Steve, leaving aside for a moment how disgusting fat shaming…or
shaming of any kind is... have you ever gone on a crash diet? Do
you have any idea of what it’s like to live with the feeling of
being constantly hungry? Not to mention whatever plastic surgery
they feel they have to get for their one brief moment in the sun.
Now maybe you could say she was being deceptive by accepting the
role knowing she most likely couldn’t keep up appearances. But
when someone’s “investment” is built on someone else denying
themselves, for a whole year, basic sustenance, isn’t that
already a major deception? That they all do to one extent or
another and that seems to be just fine with Trump, the “owner” of
the contest? And isn’t it time to start wondering when we’re
going to finally retire and put to bed, permanently, such
horrendous examples of fake femininity, fake male dominance, fake
ideals of beauty, all built on these very young and most likely
desperate women doing things to their bodies that used to be the
stuff of science fiction.
The*whole thing* is a sick and twisted deception. She most
likely just started eating normally again, or however normally
you can after doing whatever it is someone feels they need to do
to whittle themselves down to a stick.
Not to mention there's something truly disgusting about watching
someone like Trump cavort and play mind games with these
basically starving young women, all vying for his attention,
while he goes back to the next lavish buffet as he decides which
of them to make his plaything for the next year.
Sal
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<mailto:steve.sundur@...> [FairfieldLife]
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<mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>> wrote:
if you are the winner of a Ms. Universe contest and then you go
on to gain 60 lbs., I'm not exactly sure you can say you are
fulfilling the obligation for that title. There is a certain
expectation of physical appearance that I would think would go
along with that role.
Now, I would say that you should not ridicule or demean that
person, but I can understand if the owner of the contest might
think, WTF?
