https://www.forbes.com/sites/virgietovar/2019/12/06/dear-fashion-industry-stop-treating-plus-size-women-like-second-class-citizens/#723f54461b28
I came across this Forbes article the other day that very much caught my eye. Although we are growing more and more towards a world which embraces diversity, whether be through ethnic variations or body diversity, it is apparent that we are not yet at the stage we need to be.
This article discusses various complaints plus-sized women have towards the fashion industry, alluding to their feeling like second-class citizens from a variety of factors. These women, coming from states all across the country, have voiced their lacking equal accessibility to fashion, whether be due to plus-sized designs not being sold in-store or the designs itself being untrendy, poorly fitted or unfairly expensive. Additionally, there being far fewer models of curvier shape further proves a lack of representation in the industry, and a disregard for women of an array shapes and sizes.
I was saddened by this article. It made me think back to the ideals generations before us had of women as discussed in class; to be perceived as attractive and appealing as meaning simply being slender. These are evidently still prevailing today, perhaps just in a more implicit way, even as we are moving towards the start of a new decade. How do you feel about the findings in this article; have you, too, witnessed and acknowledged these disparities? How, and when, is this going to change?
I was also saddened by the article because I never realized the extent to which plus-sized women were generalized to look one specific way. This topic reminds me of a concept I once heard (I believe it was called thin privileged) and the way it is related to the article. The concept of "thin privilege" essentially ties into the complaints mentioned in the article, but states that thin people never have to worry about having the same complaints. I came across the article titled, "22 Examples of Thin Privilege" which helps put the 'privilege' into perspective. Here's the link: https://everydayfeminism.com/2012/11/20-examples-of-thin-privilege/
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