@julesG This just annoys me. Seriously, what the eph is wrong with people?! The next but says that women don‘t feel entitled to eat. That women have been taught to go hungry since birth, so it was all too easy to get women to continue to starve themselves even when there was plenty of food available to them. The women who starve themselves the most are actually the most affluent women.
#thebeautymyth #naomiwolf #seriouslypeople
GingerAntics @OleAnder Susie Orbach is the author of several books on women and nutrition. One of them (the first one maybe) I‘ve heard so many women say “this book change my life” because it ends this “you should be starving” mentality. I think that‘s the number one thing that needs to end. If you‘re hungry, your body needs food. Period. It‘s your body trying to survive. I wonder how many crazy bitches wouldn‘t be birches if they just ate something. 5y
julesG So wrong! Again, why would a mother do that? I'm just too much of an equal rights person to do such a thing and/or to ever fully relate to it. - - - I know it's customary here to serve the men and boys first at dinner - head of the family first. Guess what my rebel self does? Exactly! I serve my daughter first, then my son - but only, because it means I can eat hot food fresh from the pot rather than lukewarm food. 😉 5y
GingerAntics @julesG that guy from the matriarchal society really should write a book. I would read it. There are just SO many things I want to ask him, like if crazy stuff like this happens in his society. It probably doesn‘t. Everyone would eat the same. Maybe the kids eat first, then the adults, but gender would have nothing to do with it. 5y
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julesG Have a snickers! #SorryNotSorry 5y
GingerAntics @julesG exactly. The book actually addresses that. Mothers feed everyone else and then they eat whatever is left over at whatever temperature it‘s become. Girls see this and think it‘s how it‘s supposed to be and the cycle goes on. I‘m all for feeding everyone at once and then siting down at eating. How are you supposed to be a good mother if you‘re not eating? 5y
julesG I just wish he had given us his email address. We ask, he didn't. Shame! 5y
GingerAntics @julesG 🤣😂🤣 that‘s the thing, these crazy women would NEVER eat a snickers. It‘s too many calories. 🤣😂🤣 Now I want a snickers. 5y
julesG I've always wondered about films/commercials where the US family sits down for a meal at the kitchen counter but Mom stays in the kitchen serving everyone and doesn't eat. Makes sense now. 5y
GingerAntics @julesG aw. He may face either criticism/mocking attitudes or a lot of curiosity. 🤷🏼♀️ The book would help, though. People start asking questions, just hand them the book. lol 5y
GingerAntics @julesG yeah it‘s pretty common. My mother has even shamed me about it. “I fed you first. I waited until you were done before I ate anything. That‘s what good mothers do.” No it‘s not. There was ONE of me. She had ONE freakin child. We easily could have sat down and had a meal together. That what I wanted. I asked her to do it. (It‘s what actually happened so I have no idea what she‘s talking about 🙄) 5y
julesG One more thing. Years ago, maybe in my late teens, a friend told me to keep the instructions of the cabin crew on a plane in mind. They always say, in case of an emergency, put your own oxygen mask on first, then help others. Although I sometimes forget this principle, I have learned that self care is important to have enough strength to take care of my family. 5y
julesG We have meals together, I insist on at least one meal together every day. 5y
AlaSkaat @GingerAntics Yeah, this is crazy! One time during high school I had dinner at an old friends house. Their meals were all calorie counted etc. I looked at the plate and thought 'this is what they eat? This isn't enough even for an appetiser!' And when I talked to my friend later about it, they were not allowed snacks of any sort, even if they were hungry. If they ate, they didn't get to eat the meal. 5y
AlaSkaat And mind you, my friend was overweight. 5y
GingerAntics @OleAnder oh wow, that‘s Nazism at the table. That‘s child abuse. That‘s WHY she was fat. Her body was just trying to keep her alive by not letting any weight go. FFS 5y
GingerAntics @julesG good for you!!! Family meals are REALLY important when kids are little. They get sick of it as teens, so most people decide it‘s not worth the fight or trying to schedule so it becomes a weekly thing, but even that is great for families. I think that‘s a really good analogy. If you‘re not at your best, how are you supposed to help your kids be their best? 5y
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