Image by David Shaw from Pixabay
What I have been wondering for a long time is this.
Why is it that when you have a bunch of stupid guys on a
beach and a person with the “wrong” kind of body walks by, and they yell
terrible and mean-spirited things at this person who is minding their own
business,
Why is everyone’s response to ignore and even justify their
behavior rather than shouting them down?
Why shouldn’t everyone be allowed to relax and have fun at
the beach or the pool?
Why is it only fun for those whose bodies have been deemed
attractive enough?
Why shouldn’t fat people and skinny people and people with
scars and stretch marks and ladies with saggy boobs and men with round pot
bellies and hairy folks and scrawny scarecrow guys and gals with arms and legs
like Betty Spaghetti have a nice time too?
I think it’s rather boring when the only people who can go
for a swim without feeling self-conscious and like they must keep covered up
are young people with the “right” kind of body.
Shouldn’t we have gotten past the idea that the only people
whose bodies should be seen are sleek, unblemished, photoshopped visions of
pornographic “perfection?”
Shouldn’t the beach be a place where everyone can cool off,
not yet another spot where only the hottest hotties are allowed?
Beach parties are fun
For those with the right body
Not so much for those
Whose bodies have been deemed wrong
Ignoring not an option
~Cie~
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