I have always seem Robyn Lawley in magazines and on the media but I never knew she was a plus sized model. Our society is so screwed up to think her body is "plus sized." I admired her because she wants to have a healthy body not just a skinny body.
In her article on thigh gaps she wrote, "The truth is I couldn’t care less about needing a supposed “thigh gap.” It’s just another tool of manipulation that other people are trying to use to keep me from loving my body. Why would I want to starve and weaken my natural body size? I’m not saying women who have it naturally are unattractive. But I would have to change my entire frame just to achieve something that seems so trivial."
It is so true. Everyone's body is made differently. Some people have the thigh gap naturally and some people don't. The thing that no one seems to understand is: IT IS OKAY TO NOT HAVE A THIGH GAP. I am not going to sit here and tell you I have never been obsessed with having a thigh gap, but I could care less now.
I went through an anorexic stage back when I was a freshman. I wanted so bad to be "skinny" or should I say what the media thought was considered skinny. I'm petite which sucks when it comes to gaining weight because every pound is noticeable. I went down to 87 pounds at one point in the summer between freshman and sophomore year. I had achieve having the thigh gap.
Was it worth it? Was having that thigh gap worth destroying my body by not eating? No. It simply was not.
I would also be lying if I told you I don't still struggle with anorexia today but in the end, I overcame that and honestly that is probably my greatest achievement. But what girl hasn't struggle with self image? (If you are one that hasn't, I am extremely jealous but very proud of you.)
Robyn Lawley somehow in someway is considered plus size. I sat here and thought it myself how in the world can her body be considered plus size? Then I remembered.
Robyn is being compared to people like Candice Swanepoel. Please don't get me wrong both of these ladies are beautiful, but just because Robyn's body is not built like Candice does not mean that she isn't skinny.
Marilyn Monroe's body type is similar to Robyn's. It is not exact but close enough. Marilyn was the biggest sex image of her time. She was obviously deemed attractive. But what if she was born into today's society? Would we still think she is a sex image? It saddens me to think about how Marilyn Monroe would be considered a plus size model today.
Honestly, the only way I could ever achieve the thigh gap is if I starve myself again and that is not even a choice. I work out consistently and I run a lot. My thighs are best friends and that's okay. You know why? Because I'm healthy. Being skinny shouldn't be the headlines of the media. It should be health. Being healthy is far more important than simply being skinny.
I'm roughly 5 feet tall and I weigh 108 pounds. My thighs touch. Sometimes when I sit down my stomach hangs over my jeans (depending on how much I decide to stuff my face that day.) Am I considered plus size for my height? Truthfully, I don't care and I don't want to know. Because if the answer is yes, there will be another rant soon.
Later in Robyn's article she stated, "The last thing I would want for my future daughter would be to starve
herself because she thought a “thigh gap” was necessary to be deemed
attractive."
I could not image having my future daughter feel like she is not pretty enough simply because she doesn't have this craved thigh gap. I hope and pray that my future daughter will be born into a society that promotes health as a whole, not just the looks of your body. I want my future daughter to feel beauty inside and out because she will be.
If you don't naturally have a "thigh gap," please don't force your body to have it.
