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Negative.
Why let the government intrude into our lives even more than we already do now?
What would a minimim weight requirement do? What if a person is naturally below the limit? Would he/she have to *gain* weight in order to qualify? That's absurd.
Things like this should be left up to the individual models. They are adult. They should be able to exercise their own judgment to see whether reducing weight too much would eventually be beneficial for them.
As for the kids who watch those models and try to be like them, it is their parents' responsibility to teach them what it means to be healthy. Let's not pass the buck to the government.
Why let the government intrude into our lives even more than we already do now?
What would a minimim weight requirement do? What if a person is naturally below the limit? Would he/she have to *gain* weight in order to qualify? That's absurd.
Things like this should be left up to the individual models. They are adult. They should be able to exercise their own judgment to see whether reducing weight too much would eventually be beneficial for them.
As for the kids who watch those models and try to be like them, it is their parents' responsibility to teach them what it means to be healthy. Let's not pass the buck to the government.
A government imposed weight limit on models is rediculous, mainly because you don't have only one set kind of model. There are fashion models, super models, petite models, "plus size" models, and I'm sure there are even more that I haven't mentioned.
A person's weight is dictated by overall physical condition as well as natural physical build. A person who is built like a bulldozer has different weight requirements for staying healthy than a person who's frame is built like a bird's. You can't say "you have to be at least 65kg!" when the person is not physically capable of being that heavy unless they become obese.
Not to mention that the weight and body fat percentage of a model is an unwritten industry standard, not something that can really be regulated by writing it down on pen and paper.
The problem isn't with the sizes of the models, it's with the people who are too lazy to exercise or to put on make-up every so often, who feel ugly because someone famous and pretty is getting attention from men after they put a lot of effort into looking as good as they do. People, grow up. And the argument of "that's not what a woman is naturally supposed to look like" is stupid and getting old. Women are naturally not supposed to weigh 100kg when they're not pregnant either, but you don't see people complaining about that.
And why is it always just the female models that get reamed out? It's because women who feel ugly have to complain and make it someone else's fault whenever they're feeling hormonal. You don't see guys saying "that male Abercrombie model's abs aren't a natural man's abs! He must have an eating disorder! He's setting a bad example for men everywhere!". And you know why? Because if you really cared enough about it, you'd put down the fork and do a few situps to at least try to reach that image that you'd rather be, rather than simply bitch about.
A person's weight is dictated by overall physical condition as well as natural physical build. A person who is built like a bulldozer has different weight requirements for staying healthy than a person who's frame is built like a bird's. You can't say "you have to be at least 65kg!" when the person is not physically capable of being that heavy unless they become obese.
Not to mention that the weight and body fat percentage of a model is an unwritten industry standard, not something that can really be regulated by writing it down on pen and paper.
The problem isn't with the sizes of the models, it's with the people who are too lazy to exercise or to put on make-up every so often, who feel ugly because someone famous and pretty is getting attention from men after they put a lot of effort into looking as good as they do. People, grow up. And the argument of "that's not what a woman is naturally supposed to look like" is stupid and getting old. Women are naturally not supposed to weigh 100kg when they're not pregnant either, but you don't see people complaining about that.
And why is it always just the female models that get reamed out? It's because women who feel ugly have to complain and make it someone else's fault whenever they're feeling hormonal. You don't see guys saying "that male Abercrombie model's abs aren't a natural man's abs! He must have an eating disorder! He's setting a bad example for men everywhere!". And you know why? Because if you really cared enough about it, you'd put down the fork and do a few situps to at least try to reach that image that you'd rather be, rather than simply bitch about.
I think imposing some restriction on models skinniness would be a good idea. Maybe not exactly a weight restriction but a body mass index restriction or the like.
(For BMI see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_mass_index http://www.ahv.pref.aichi.jp/taikei/chap1_nn.html)
If some Japanese salaryman dies of overwork (過労死), one could argue that it's his own fault and that he could have worked less.
But if you consider the social pressure, the pressure of his company, the prospect of getting fired etc, it's maybe not so easy to just get up and say: "I'm fatigued, I'm going home for today"
Of course the models could say "I don't want to only live on salad" or "I like myself a bit more voluptuous than the beauty standard nowadays"
But then there would be the prospect of getting no jobs any more.
And, more important, models are setting a role model for eating habits, especially among young girls. Almost all teenage girls have tried a diet, even those with normal weight.
Don't forget that the things we perceive as "beautiful" do not so much stem from our character but from what society shows us as "beauty standards".
Just my two cents :-)
(For BMI see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_mass_index http://www.ahv.pref.aichi.jp/taikei/chap1_nn.html)
If some Japanese salaryman dies of overwork (過労死), one could argue that it's his own fault and that he could have worked less.
But if you consider the social pressure, the pressure of his company, the prospect of getting fired etc, it's maybe not so easy to just get up and say: "I'm fatigued, I'm going home for today"
Of course the models could say "I don't want to only live on salad" or "I like myself a bit more voluptuous than the beauty standard nowadays"
But then there would be the prospect of getting no jobs any more.
And, more important, models are setting a role model for eating habits, especially among young girls. Almost all teenage girls have tried a diet, even those with normal weight.
Don't forget that the things we perceive as "beautiful" do not so much stem from our character but from what society shows us as "beauty standards".
Just my two cents :-)
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