Dog's don't necessarily get fat. Unlike women, they respect their masters.
Posted on 08/12/2004 7:27:38 AM PDT by SJackson
Don't expect to see much of Elizabeth Edwards on the campaign trail this fall. Oh, she'll be campaigning alongside her husband, all right. But the TV cameras just might decide to miss her.
After introducing her husband at the Democratic convention in Boston, she has all but disappeared, which is curious given that she is arguably the best thing the Democratic ticket has going for it. An intelligent and accomplished professional woman who exudes genuine, down-to-earth homeliness and warmth, Elizabeth Edwards also earned the respect of traditional-minded Americans by courageously deciding to have two young children in mid-life after losing her eldest child in a car crash. A woman of quiet dignity, refinement, and grace, she is the perfect antidote to the arrogant condescension of the "opinionated" Theresa Heinz Kerry.
So why won't you see a lot of her on TV? Because America doesn't like heavy women. It hides them away where they won't be offensive. They are seen as unattractive and are endlessly analyzed by armchair psychologists as to why they would have allowed themselves to become repellant. Worse, they are treated as if they have committed some sin.
This is especially true of women who, like Elizabeth Edwards, were once thin. The women who were always heavy elicit the public's sympathy. "Maybe it's genetic," they think inwardly. But women who were once thin and attractive, like Elizabeth Edwards, but who dare to put on weight – even after suffering horrific personal tragedy like the loss of a child – are treated as if they have violated some sacred commandment: Thou shalt always look pleasing for thy menfolk. And by menfolk, we mean here not only Elizabeth Edwards's husband but all American men who have a right to look at a young candidate's wife and see something that pleases the eye, like Jackie Kennedy.
By now you have no doubt heard the endless political commentary about how handsome and vibrant John Edwards is and how he nicely complements the long-faced taciturnity of John Kerry. Even Kerry himself praised his good-looking vice-presidential candidate for having "great hair." But those same commentators are utterly silent on the looks of Elizabeth Edwards because to them, as to the rest of America, the fact that she is overweight – itself a pejorative implying extremism – means that she is unsightly.
For the longest time, America has been waging a holy war against women that dare to be fat. The American tabloids have for months shown us pictures of the "obese" actress Kirstie Alley. The pictures of her at 300 pounds are invariably contrasted with photos of how she looked when she was thin and pretty on TV's Cheers. She is a legitimate object of ridicule, depicted as a circus elephant, replete in tent-like clothes. The implication also is that she is possessed of some grave mental illness to have allowed herself to mushroom to such proportions.
Now, I do not deny that shedding extra pounds can make us healthier, improve the quality of our lives, and enhance the self-esteem of both men and women. But do we really want our daughters to be numskulls like Paris Hilton and Britney Spears, who have perfect bodies but rotting brains?
Just think about the message that American girls get when large women are unjustly treated as repulsive. They learn that personality, education, virtue, and motherhood – pregnancy often causes women to put on and retain weight – counts for nothing in the eyes of men. Spending all your time in a gym burning off fat, rather than being idle in a library and reading a book, is the only way to get noticed.
EVEN THE American TV networks these days seem to hire only thin, beautiful women to read the news, and highly intelligent women like Greta Van Susteren feel pressured to undergo plastic surgery in order to get ratings on their TV shows. Indeed, you are more likely to see a space alien on your rooftop than a heavy-set woman on your TV screen.
This is also part of an ugly double standard. Weight is not an impediment to power and success among men. Just look at Michael Moore and Harvey Weinstein. But the only women who are allowed to be heavy in America are funny women, like Starr Jones.
Thinness may have become synonymous with beauty in America, but it is decimating the erotic life of marriage. In multiple sexual surveys, one of the biggest complaints that husbands voice about their wives is that they rarely initiate sex and are far too reserved in the bedroom. But can we really expect the American wife to be sexually adventurous when she is permanently self-conscious about her weight? It makes sense that women who feel unattractive will choose to hide under the covers.
Indeed, Dr. James Watson, the Nobel prize-winning geneticist who was jointly responsible for discovering the structure of DNA, maintained that plumper women were more likely to enjoy a better sex life than their thin counterparts. He told an audience at University College London that extra pounds had the biological effect of making a woman well rounded in character and better in bed. "Thinness is never associated with sexuality."
He explained that extra fat had the effect of boosting endorphins, the natural mood-enhancing chemical that is also linked to sexual desire. "Kate Moss is probably the most famous thin person in the world, and she's looking particularly sad. Who has ever heard of a happy supermodel?" Watson asked.
He also argued that leptin, which is produced in fat tissue, boosts the chemical MSH, which enhances sexual desire. "Your mood is controlled by endorphins, and you make more of these when you are fat; hence, nobody has ever drawn Santa Claus thin. Thin people are discontented."
And the obsessive American war on fat is also decimating the American family because women are afraid to "disfigure" their bodies with pregnancies and post-partum pounds.
Elizabeth Edwards didn't worry about all that, and she has two young beautiful children who treasure her, even if the superficial American media does not.
If God did not create white people, where did we come from?
What I mean to say is that I am sure in the part of the world where The Garden of Eden is located I doubt that Adam and Eve were white, for one thing they were out in the Sun daily..What do you think Adam and Eve looked like?
'Scuse me, but a lot of white guys go for curves too. Though you'd never know it by looking at the actresses and fashion models (chosen by sodomites) who dominate the media. Time and time again I tried to convince various female friends and dates that their natural "breeder hip" curves were VASTLY more attractive than those of the androgynous boy-hipped freaks that grace the cover of Cosmo, etc. To no avail -- the sodomite media has such control over women's minds that I couldn't convince most of them that they were attractive.
Also, I work in an industry that hires models for advertising, and I've gotten into vehement debates with our advertising people (all women) about this issue. When I told them that they could save some $$ by doing the ads themselves because they were more attractive than the models they were hiring, they were flattered -- but they still didn't believe me. They think I'm a rare exception, not the norm.
(One girl that I dated, however, believed me... and made a point of wearing a pair of tight 501s and going up the stairs ahead of me, somewhere around our 4th or 5th date. I married her.)
However it's important to make a distinction between natural feminine curves, and just plain fatness. There's a big difference. Most men go for curves, but very few go for the obese.
Yes, there's actually some meat on her bones.
The DNA suggests, Bushmen.
However, God created the human genome with the capacity to produce many different types and colors, so it's clear that it was His plan that just about every possible combination would eventually be produced... including green eyed blondes such as yourself.
and what a wonderful freeper she is too
A most excellent reason for gaining weight!!
Blessings on you and your new little one!
Easy to tell you're from California.
What do you chase Jello Shots with, Beer Pudding?
Dog's don't necessarily get fat. Unlike women, they respect their masters.
LOL!!!!!Hey there are lot's of fat dogs, but how often do you see fat cats???I obey my Master, in fact Zorro is requesting Ice for his water bowl now! ;-) great post....
ahahhahahah..No I have had no Jello Shots lately...
I like to Mix Manischevitz Grape Wine with regular Cabarnet
Red wine and eat polly seeds....Oh and talk on FR)
Yeah, thankfully my late husband was one. But you gotta look long and hard for 'em...
Yeah, thankfully my late husband was one. But you gotta look long and hard for 'em...
Try environments where high-testosterone types hang out: gun shows, NASCAR, hardcore fundamentalist churches, etc. There's a LOT more than you think. There's gotta be, because lots of white girls have curves, and the trait wouldn't have persisted all these millenia in our population if white guys didn't go for them!
Damn skippy she's attractive. I was impressed. Who is she?
Excellent post! You hit the nail on the head, time and again.
ROTFL! Gotta love Bar!
More than you think probably. My wife is 11" taller than I am.
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