'This kind of ‘they let themselves go’ narrative never seems to centre around men. Always women.' ✍️ alexlight_ldn
I get sent hundreds of ‘funny’ memes where the butt of the joke is someone’s body size.remains a socially acceptable form of discrimination; fat people are very often the punchlines in film, television, comedians’ routines and countless memes.
But this one made my blood boil so much that I uploaded it to Instagram to debunk it with my own take. The meme is a picture ofon one side, and on the other, it’s a version of her character that has been digitally altered to make her look bigger. The caption reads: ‘When she’s your girlfriend vs when she’s your wife’.
Many defended the meme as ‘harmless fun’ or ‘just a joke’. An opinion I strongly reject: these kind of memes serve to perpetuate toxic and damaging standards formen and women in heterosexual relationships. Women feel that in order to ‘please’ their partner, they need to stay slim, while men feel that they are somehow owed thinness from their partner.
And the funny thing is, this kind of ‘they let themselves go’ narrative never seems to centre around men. Always women. And it’s usually aimed at women who have had children… Which is even more sinister and troubling. Because it’s women’s bodies that are literally hijacked to grow and birth children.
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