How come being "Fat" is more and more acceptable if you're a girl, than a guy?
And how come it's no longer an insult if you're a guy while if you're a girl it's a huge thing and should be avoided.
And there's some background why this keeps bothering me. Usually when shopping I look out for sizes for pants and such, while at the guys section I barely find pants with the waist size bigger than 34 EUR and the length shorter than 32 EUR. And these are pants usually bought from "Lee, G-Star and such".
While this absolutely doesn't affect me, it sure does bother me when trying to buy pants for my father, or other friends that use bigger sizes. There's literaly only pants in small sizes, ranging from 25 to 29. And if you're outside that range, you might be lucky and find the sizes UP to 32/34, and if you do, there's just a few of them. And the worst part isn't that, but that those pants are size 32 in length. Which means me ( as 1.83 can't use them.).
And what kind of standard of a guy does that give us? A guy has to be 1.90m + And if you're over 32 in waist, well tough luck. Find another shop, such as mass production clothes which are extremely uncomfortable. (HM etc). Which absolutely sucks.
However if we look at girls sizes, we find the opposite. Usually shopping with my GF we have to spend time finding a avaible pair. Why? Becaue most of them range from bigger sizes only and there's literally zero small sizes. Most of them are 34 and up. (Yes, it's the same EUR sizes for guys.) And length? You have absolutely a billion of them. Try to look at skinny sizes? You can't find them. They're non existing. They maybe have 1 pair each shop. While the bigger sizes? Absolutely filled with them.
And what standard does that give us for females? Height? NONE! You can choose between everyting you want. Waist? That you're most likely to find clothes on bigger sizes, as .. if you make them thin sizes they'll complain how unhealthy it is to be skinny.
Again, this might not be the case in the US. However, Europe? Pretty much.
So this brings me to think, why is there such acceptance for girls being overweight, while guys being overweight is a bad thing.