No sane woman wants to be fat and for that matter no man we are an image driven society....
Women have always been judged upon her appearance always have always will...
NO reason to be fat unless you are lazy and eat junk.
It's not always laziness, laney.
Some of the busiest women I know are "weighty" and simply because their plates are so overfull with duties and responsibilities that they are eating on the fly; a hunk of huge carb being more immediately satisfying than a bowl of vegetables or salad.
Their weightiness can be "attributed" to "gender inequality" as the author of the book chooses to assert; but it really is WOMEN who are making these choices.
Lastly, I've met women who are simply happier being weightier than the average Hollywood starlet. These are happy women who do not think of themselves as fat.
"NO reason to be fat unless you are lazy and eat junk."
I perceive by your profile page that you don't live/take care of anyone but yourself. Try walking a year in my sneakers then we can talk about 'lazy and junk food'. Becoming fat, staying fat, fighting fat are not the simple issues thin people think they are.