Comments on: The feminine ideal https://lisawayman.com/2015/09/the-feminine-ideal/ Lisa M. Wayman Fri, 04 Sep 2015 03:56:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: lisawayman https://lisawayman.com/2015/09/the-feminine-ideal/#comment-32 Fri, 04 Sep 2015 03:56:56 +0000 http://lisawayman.com/?p=95#comment-32 In reply to Katrina.

That is a good insight. I think you are right that a woman’s image is a way to advertise wealth. In some periods fat was attractive because it was an advertisement that you could afford to eat more than you needed. It was also an advertisement than you had enough extra to carry babies.

]]> By: Katrina https://lisawayman.com/2015/09/the-feminine-ideal/#comment-31 Thu, 03 Sep 2015 05:19:10 +0000 http://lisawayman.com/?p=95#comment-31 The thing about “ideal women” is that it changes from culture to culture, and time period as well. Take for example the big movement about “love your curves” in America right now, which encourages women who are frankly an unhealthy weight to love their bodies the way they are. At the same time, I have friends who are considered “too skinny” in New Zealand who find that they are thought of as obese in India. Even hair and skin colours come and go with the fashion of the time.

I suspect the society’s “perfect women” has more to do with money- only the kind of girl who can afford a certain look can fit the style- everything from time to go to the gym, eat a balanced diet, get a tan from beach vacations, and wear the latest fashions. The ideals in history were usually set to a lifestyle the poor couldn’t manage.

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