For most of their history community like Fat Acceptance, Fat Admiration and Feminism have been very apathetic of the experiences and issues of fat men.
Even today on the online fat communities you will find more people down playing fat male issues than people giving support to fat men.
Things are slow to change
William
The Painter wrote:
Can I join in? I'm new to this forum - actually to forums at all, so I don't even know if you're supposed to introduce youself. Well, Ill just have a go at it:
I think both gender get problems if they don't fit in with the ideals.
But I think the problems of the guys are largely underestimated, simply because we were traditionally the gender with power in society.
But it's a myth that men have it more easy with their body and personality. Try to be a soft, sensitive man, for instance, and you'll see how difficult it is to live up to masculine ideals and expectations. Being sensitive (and skinny) myself, I can understand how fat men have difficulties too in that game.
Just a question: Could it be, that a lot of people have wishes, desires, sexual attractions, behaviours and personalities that are a lot different from public opinion, but as soon as we are "on stage" out there in real life, we feel forced to fit in (I am supposed to like skinny girls/I am supposed to like a strong man with a hard belly, and so on)?
Or to rephrase the question: Everybody is chasing a joke/illusion instead of what they really want???
