Body Image

[valkryor]

This, believe it or don't, is pretty close to my actual body shape.



For a very long time, I have been disgusted that I look like that...shapeless and unappealing. But I had another gander at the Willendorf Venus after something wildelf said about being old world, the classic look of a mother and you know? It's not such a bad thing to look like the Willendorf Venus.

Associated with the Earth Mother or Mother Goddess, she's also associated with fertility, which naturally leads to sexuality. I get the impression from what I've read, that having meat on your bones for a woman in the Paleolithic Era is akin to being a Sumo wrestler in Japan today, that the extra pounds are to be revered and not reviled.

It's only since Twiggy that women as big around as a pencil have been considered the ideal beauty. No one wants to discuss Marilyn Monroe's dress size (a 16) when observing her sexual appeal. To do so might throw the entire 'size 2 perfection' into the garbage bin.

Dammit, I'm not a size 2. I never have been. I've always had hips and tits. I'm not the same size I was in highschool, and it's time I stopped longing to be that size again. It makes me even more depressed to think like that. I can still go out and buy clothes that are incredibly sexy on my body shape!

But you know what? If I can get back into the jeans I was wearing before I got pregnant, I'll be very happy indeed.

Comments

[joncanuck]

True sexiness comes from the person you are, I've always found the more you get to know someone it's their personality that truly defines how they look.

The most beautiful person can become very ugly once their personality shines through.

The unfortunate part about body image is that you can have everyone in the world tell you that you are a beautiful woman, but what matters is what you believe.

Glad to see your opinion is starting to come around :)

[valkryor.livejournal.com]

It's been my experience that while everyone else reinforces the positive, it only takes one negative voice, one whisper of disapproval to throw all the positive comments out the window. It's a lot harder to work through those negative comments. One can bring me down for years.