Blind post so sorry if someone has already responded to this, but I just wanted to say that as a skinny person, I can actually relate to this. The problem with the weight thing, I think, is that people assume skinny girls have got it easy. Truth is, I'm 5'6'', 110 pounds, have always been small, am 29 years old, I volunteer at a homeless shelter, am getting a BA and a BSW, work with students with disabilities, go to church, am involved with my school as a peer mentor for first year students, a member of the history society, and secratary for the pro-life club, am involved with my church, love music, movies, going for walks, hiking, camping, sports, animals, and yet I am competely dateless... never had a boyfriend and the last time I was asked out on a date was six years ago....and even at that, it has only happened four times, while this month I was barked at twice.
I get people telling me I'm "too skinny," they ask how my appetite is, and yes, clothes are more expensive for me aswell because they are made for women my height but with more weight (boobs). No one sells 34 double A bras so I have to buy As, which don't fit properly and curl over, usually leaving this ugly bra line in all my shirts, and I have to buy too small tank tops to wear underneath everything because all of my shirts are too loose up there.
I know there is more social stigma against being overweight, but really, when it comes to all the things that society says a smaller frame will get you, I think my life is living proof that it's lies... all of my "overweight" female friends are in relationships and have much easier times with men, popularity, and money then I do.
Either way, women have way too many pressures on them. Our bodies are what they are.. I love to eat, and exercise, and yet, I look like I have no muscle and would never know what a burger was. (speaking of which...
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