Spain resizes clothes {and mannequins} for women (BBC) {body image issue}

[eppur_se_muova]

By Pascale Harter
BBC News, Barcelona

Spain is to overhaul its clothing sizes for women as part of a government drive to ease pressure on young girls over their body size.

There are fears that efforts to conform could be leading to eating disorders.

The move follows Spain's ban of ultra-thin models on the catwalk during Madrid fashion week last September.

Among the range of measures being introduced in Spain to address the body image issue, is an agreement that shop window mannequins should get larger.
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The health ministry described the current ones as unreal dolls of alien dimensions, which it sees as directly encouraging eating disorders such as anorexia.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6300793.stm

[Quantess]

1. Good!

If a model has to be stick thin to make the clothes look good, then the clothes aren't good enough!

[aquart]

2. Go Spain!

[Warren DeMontague]

3. Good. For the record, I find that ultra-starved look incredibly unsexy. nt

[devilgrrl]

4. Oh come now! Skinny women are HOT!!!!!

:sarcasm:

Yeah, nice bag of bones!

:sarcasm:

that's hot!

:sarcasm:

[Missy Vixen]

5. They believe they have no choice

Eating disorders are exactly that -- disorders. Those suffering from them are driven to unbelievable lengths because they STILL think they are "fat", "ugly", you name it. As a fat woman, there's no way I can look at those photographs and not feel my heart breaking for those trapped in the cycle of not being "thin enough".

My life is the exact opposite. Dehumanizing and discounting the fat is the last socially acceptable prejudice in America.

Julie

[pennylane100]

6. Really good news.

Now how can I order my clothes from Spain as nothing in my size fits me any more.

[scrinmaster]

7. I don't think it's too much of a problem here.

Obesity rate in Spain=12.6%
Obesity rate in the United States=30.6%

[SemiCharmedQuark]

8. 7 million American women and 1 million men have eating disorders.

But why let that get in the way of a good snide fat comment.