There is a new movement of self love going about the internet, and it makes me very proud of how far women have come. I'm sure men must be oppressed in some ways, however, I am female and I know not their lives. I do know mine, though, and it has been poisoned by the media. I should be thin. In high school I thought, 125 lbs was fat for my height (5'4"). At my heaviest I weighed just 167 lbs, and that was at the beginning of 2012. Since then, I have lost 20 lbs. I am officially the average female. 5'4" and 142 lbs. Yet, why do I still feel overweight? I feel unattractive at my current size....yet, I am average. What does the fact that the average female feels unattractive say about our society?
I think fitness and health are good things to work for. I do not, however, think that we should be driven by the belief that we are somehow inadequate. When we finally learn that we are beautiful no matter what, that fitness and health are useless. Everything is useless if we hate ourselves.
Lesson:
Live your life because you love yourself, otherwise it is a life not worth living.
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