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What's a myth about women's health? (piefed.blahaj.zone)
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[–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 2 points 2 weeks ago

Oh, absolutely men do get fat-shamed. It's just that there's no comparison across the male/female divide. A man gains 5kg and he's got a "dad bod". A woman gains 5kg and she's held to hard criticism by men and women both. It's actually kind of horrific.

That being said, post-COVID, around October '22 or so, my own reaction to the intense distress and, frankly, utter terror of living through the world's largest and most comprehensive quarantine in all of history had me eating a whole lot to settle my nerves. I did put on weight (and not only 5kg...) and I'm actually very happy that one of my former students who saw me suggested I come to the gym he owned and start working out. So sometimes commenting on someone's weight is a good thing. It's all in how it's presented and the attitude that's paired with it. (Oh and who does the commenting. Random Internet losers can DIAF.)

Now I'm back to where I was before (still considered "heavy" by those idiot BMI charts) but I'm far healthier and stronger for it.