People don’t know how much it hurts to be ridiculed every day about the way you look. The fat and skinny scale are one and the same. Why is it that in this society, the status quo deems it unacceptable to call someone fat? One hesitates because it might hurt the feeling of another. On the other hand, calling someone “skinny-lanky-fragile-bony-weak” is perfectly within the rights of everyone to say.

“It’s okay as long as he’s not fat.” But at the very root of it, you are ridiculing and seeking to humiliate someone who doesn’t fit your standard of ideal. Keep in mind that those who are overweight perhaps don’t choose to be so. I for one, do not choose to be skinny. I do not starve myself, and I do not go out of my way to remain thin. In fact, my eating habits are quite healthy. My body is mine and it has grown the way it has on its natural path. Who’s to judge if that’s ideal or not.

Essentially, I am frustrated at those who speak without consideration for others. I don’t have any next steps in this subject, necessarily. Nor do I have recommendations to the world from this point. Society probably won’t change its bad habits any time soon when there are bigger fish to fry. Rather, I just felt the need to speak my mind and vent my agitation in words ~ once more.