My take is .I'm a very big girl age and nothing these girlies are saying are influencing me not one bit .but they do influence 10, 12 yr old girls and that's where it gets disturbing...we were all once young and very impressionable...and that type of content leads to eating disorders etc. The Internet needs to be monitored. Free speech is not free,there's a price and it's children that are paying it.
YES! I feel this more and more as an older gen z adult, seeing content and thinking "if i saw this as a teen this would have been very damaging". Im more recently realising how being exposed to all sorts of misogyny while growing up with internet in the 2000s-2010s had an impact on my young and impressionable brain, and that was even before the internet and social media was as omnipresent as it is now (especially with my country being technologically behind). Thinking about how much more that kids are exposed to these days scary with wider availability of the internet. Especially, being exposed to the opinions of random adults online, as kids assume adults are more trustworthy/assume that the way adults present reflects how things just are in the "real world", where people must obsess over appearance and being desirable all the time, and that striving to be desirable is a constant effort
I also feel like there is a real market for adults online to prey on young girls' insecurities. Any channel I found with videos advertising tips on how to be more pretty, confident, likeable, desirable, etc etc are always full of comments from tween or teen girls, who trust these women's opinions because they are older and pretty, even when they spread harmful and sexist rhetoric. It truly broke my heart to see a youtuber with a million subscribers say that she would get plastic surgery if she was born ugly, and that girls should be careful not to damage a guy's ego, and that video's comment section being full of 9-13 yro girls commenting that she is their role model, because at that age, so many of us are so brainwashed and desperate to be pretty and likeable that any pretty and confident seeming woman giving advice becomes instantly trustworthy
I feel like I’ve been seeing a lot of content basically promoting eating disorders as well…it’s sad what we will do just to feel like we’re on trend and acceptable.
What bothers me about some gym girls is when they compare themselves to pilates girls, it infuriates me. Glorifying a skinny skinny body after the effort and discipline that it takes to build muscle 💪 I don't want to fucking hear about. I use to not eat before going to the gym, I didn't eat more than once a day and then pop corn or coffee to shut the hunger down. The gym forced me to eat and it was one of the best things that I've done for myself so far. I'm happy,y mood is better I'm not constantly tired for the lack of food and nutrients in my body. So Im all for building muscle WE LITERALLY NEED IT TO AGE HEALTHY AND IT BENEFITS OUR HORMONES. IM TIRED OF THW PED000$ THAT CONTROL MEDIA GLORIFYING TEENAGE BODIES. ENOUGH. IM A WOMAN AND ILL LOOK LIKE ONE.
I’m wondering if the same people paying influencers to promote mistrust of birth control are also paying them to promote starvation. Every time in history women’s rights are front and center, magically anorexia is the beauty standard.
If that’s the case then f that. Everyone goes to the gym for their own reasons, no reason is “controversial.” For years going to the gym for women was ONLY associated with “getting tiny.” Now that’s considered a “controversial” opinion because SOME women go to the gym for other reasons? Who do these people think they’re fooling lmao. Like just say you don’t want to be fat and move on!! Don’t do this whole “omg so controversial might get canceled for this” crap!!
Right! They all wanna get away without saying the quiet part out loud, like we know what u mean, just stop saying this. Im sorry cuz if u want a community of people who think like you in an unhealthy manner, of oh i just want to be small idw to bulk and be big, you need to get help, not curate a feedback loop of enablers who enable harmful views on bodies.
@@espeon871 yeah it’s so disgusting what people will get away with saying online just because they’re going t the gym and trying to be “healthy,” like full on ed’s are allowed to flourish because some people would rather that be popular than body positivity 🤮
Idk how it’s a “controversial opinion” when I’ve been trying to work out to build muscle and reduce pain for months now and almost every regimen or series of tips and tricks I find is for weight loss, something I don’t care about at all, like girl the entire industry is for you
I was a swimmer back in high school and I had a very muscular body with bold shoulders and strong arms I was in shape but I was criticized for not being dainty. I had scoliosis back in middle school so after I got surgery in high school I really valued gaining my strength back and got a very muscular body from swimming and weight lifting. I personally feel the most powerful and beautiful when I have a flat stomach and defined waist but I also am built like a rock. As a white woman I wasn’t told by white men but other white women that I was too bulky when it was all muscle
Everyone's built differently and it's just a fact 🤷♀️. I am concerned though with the videos of guys specifically saying that they target smaller girls that they can "throw against the wall". 🤮 As well as the promotion of muscles for men but daintyness for women against the red pill backdrop. Anyways I like being slightly muscular and strong. I love the feeling I get lifting heavy things.
Im an adult, I don't care for myself. I lived through the early 2000s. I grew up with a large ass when it wasn't desirable. I sure as hell can do that again. As an adult? I know my worth beyond a trendy body But for children? Yeah, this shit is going to be hard for them. Because children watch them and will be affected. That's what I want these women to think about. But they wont. Eventually, some will have children of their own and perpetuate this cycle Im seeing little children body checking themselves on social media. Im waiting for the pro-anna sites to rise again
We are in very uncertain times. If you feel safe & secure enough to think that trying to starve & overexercise yourself down to the physical weakness of a yt girl is a good plan, well good for you. I am also realizing that I want to focus on the gym, but completely for the purposes of making myself stronger & stronger.
My take is .I'm a very big girl age and nothing these girlies are saying are influencing me not one bit .but they do influence 10, 12 yr old girls and that's where it gets disturbing...we were all once young and very impressionable...and that type of content leads to eating disorders etc. The Internet needs to be monitored. Free speech is not free,there's a price and it's children that are paying it.
YES! I feel this more and more as an older gen z adult, seeing content and thinking "if i saw this as a teen this would have been very damaging". Im more recently realising how being exposed to all sorts of misogyny while growing up with internet in the 2000s-2010s had an impact on my young and impressionable brain, and that was even before the internet and social media was as omnipresent as it is now (especially with my country being technologically behind). Thinking about how much more that kids are exposed to these days scary with wider availability of the internet. Especially, being exposed to the opinions of random adults online, as kids assume adults are more trustworthy/assume that the way adults present reflects how things just are in the "real world", where people must obsess over appearance and being desirable all the time, and that striving to be desirable is a constant effort
I also feel like there is a real market for adults online to prey on young girls' insecurities. Any channel I found with videos advertising tips on how to be more pretty, confident, likeable, desirable, etc etc are always full of comments from tween or teen girls, who trust these women's opinions because they are older and pretty, even when they spread harmful and sexist rhetoric. It truly broke my heart to see a youtuber with a million subscribers say that she would get plastic surgery if she was born ugly, and that girls should be careful not to damage a guy's ego, and that video's comment section being full of 9-13 yro girls commenting that she is their role model, because at that age, so many of us are so brainwashed and desperate to be pretty and likeable that any pretty and confident seeming woman giving advice becomes instantly trustworthy
@@twinkles222 wow!!! 😧 That's very sad on sooo many levels. I don't even know where to start. 😓
I feel like I’ve been seeing a lot of content basically promoting eating disorders as well…it’s sad what we will do just to feel like we’re on trend and acceptable.
as a gym girlie it takes a LOTTT of effort to bulk. lifting heavy and eating makes you thinner because you need the fuel.
What bothers me about some gym girls is when they compare themselves to pilates girls, it infuriates me. Glorifying a skinny skinny body after the effort and discipline that it takes to build muscle 💪 I don't want to fucking hear about. I use to not eat before going to the gym, I didn't eat more than once a day and then pop corn or coffee to shut the hunger down. The gym forced me to eat and it was one of the best things that I've done for myself so far. I'm happy,y mood is better I'm not constantly tired for the lack of food and nutrients in my body. So Im all for building muscle WE LITERALLY NEED IT TO AGE HEALTHY AND IT BENEFITS OUR HORMONES. IM TIRED OF THW PED000$ THAT CONTROL MEDIA GLORIFYING TEENAGE BODIES. ENOUGH. IM A WOMAN AND ILL LOOK LIKE ONE.
I’m wondering if the same people paying influencers to promote mistrust of birth control are also paying them to promote starvation. Every time in history women’s rights are front and center, magically anorexia is the beauty standard.
If that’s the case then f that. Everyone goes to the gym for their own reasons, no reason is “controversial.” For years going to the gym for women was ONLY associated with “getting tiny.” Now that’s considered a “controversial” opinion because SOME women go to the gym for other reasons? Who do these people think they’re fooling lmao. Like just say you don’t want to be fat and move on!! Don’t do this whole “omg so controversial might get canceled for this” crap!!
Right! They all wanna get away without saying the quiet part out loud, like we know what u mean, just stop saying this. Im sorry cuz if u want a community of people who think like you in an unhealthy manner, of oh i just want to be small idw to bulk and be big, you need to get help, not curate a feedback loop of enablers who enable harmful views on bodies.
@@espeon871 yeah it’s so disgusting what people will get away with saying online just because they’re going t the gym and trying to be “healthy,” like full on ed’s are allowed to flourish because some people would rather that be popular than body positivity 🤮
Idk how it’s a “controversial opinion” when I’ve been trying to work out to build muscle and reduce pain for months now and almost every regimen or series of tips and tricks I find is for weight loss, something I don’t care about at all, like girl the entire industry is for you
I was a swimmer back in high school and I had a very muscular body with bold shoulders and strong arms I was in shape but I was criticized for not being dainty. I had scoliosis back in middle school so after I got surgery in high school I really valued gaining my strength back and got a very muscular body from swimming and weight lifting. I personally feel the most powerful and beautiful when I have a flat stomach and defined waist but I also am built like a rock. As a white woman I wasn’t told by white men but other white women that I was too bulky when it was all muscle
There’s a woman that wants to be as big as you and you hate that
Everyone's built differently and it's just a fact 🤷♀️. I am concerned though with the videos of guys specifically saying that they target smaller girls that they can "throw against the wall". 🤮 As well as the promotion of muscles for men but daintyness for women against the red pill backdrop.
Anyways I like being slightly muscular and strong. I love the feeling I get lifting heavy things.
Im an adult, I don't care for myself. I lived through the early 2000s. I grew up with a large ass when it wasn't desirable. I sure as hell can do that again. As an adult? I know my worth beyond a trendy body
But for children? Yeah, this shit is going to be hard for them. Because children watch them and will be affected. That's what I want these women to think about. But they wont. Eventually, some will have children of their own and perpetuate this cycle
Im seeing little children body checking themselves on social media. Im waiting for the pro-anna sites to rise again
Sigh, everything in life is cyclical, and now we're heading back to the early aughts thin aesthetic.
We are in very uncertain times. If you feel safe & secure enough to think that trying to starve & overexercise yourself down to the physical weakness of a yt girl is a good plan, well good for you. I am also realizing that I want to focus on the gym, but completely for the purposes of making myself stronger & stronger.
Jesus… women will never be happy.
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