Do you feel pressured by to conform to female body ideals?

[Ms Bev]

Yah......I can't help but feel a little pressure.  Certainly not enough to make me lose more weight, otherwise I would have by now.  It bugs me, being overweight.  It's not a whole lot, but....
And yes, I would like just a teeny bit more in the breast department. 

Otherwise, I'll never be beautiful, not that I need to.  I just need to be and look female.  Like my quote:  "I'd rather be an ugly woman than a handsome man".
Anyway, I try not to be tooooo influenced.

Bev

[barbie]

Basically, so a Google image search for Beth Rodden.

She looks challenging.

But I may look more challenging than her, because I seldom climb mountains without holding my daughter in my arms  . She is alone whereas I carry my baby!!

https://www.susans.org/forums/MGalleryItem.php?id=1762

In mountains, I sometimes see a husband carrying his baby in his back pack. But, I seldom have seen any person carrying his or her baby in chest like me. A problem is that some men think I am a mom, and kindly asked me whether I need their help. Oh... My gosh. If she were not so strong, how could she dare to bring her daughter in mountain?

Nobody thinks that I am a kind of ideals....

Barbie~~

[finewine]

I've never carried my kids in a backpack, although on a mountain I'd be wary of holding them to my chest because I'd want my hands free for balance, slips, falls, etc. (Maybe a front facing harness would suffice).

[heatherrose]

The only time I feel any pressure is if I am in a room full of twenty something GGs.

Gak  Gak

Society can...stuff it...

You know that's right!

[tekla]

If you want to be accepted by society, you have to accept society.  There are possible roads outside of that, but they are not easy.

[barbie]

I've never carried my kids in a backpack, although on a mountain I'd be wary of holding them to my chest because I'd want my hands free for balance, slips, falls, etc. (Maybe a front facing harness would suffice).

Yes. Keeping balance is critical in mountain, especially while coming down. Usually it takes 2 or 4 hours to reach the top, and descending is very risky because my body was fatigued, and coming down is more difficult than climbing up. My legs are strong enough, but my arms have limitation for holding my baby for longer time in mountain. I need some rest for my arms.

In the top, most of people commented on my daughter like "how could you come here?" But, she usally sleeps in my chest for most time in mountain. It could be a subject of anthropology why a baby sleeps so well in the chest of walking dad 

Barbie~~
Post Merge: July 15, 2009, 01:11:09 PM
Near the top of a mountain we climbed last year:
https://www.susans.org/forums/MGalleryItem.php?id=1768
He is my son.

And, finally in the top:
https://www.susans.org/forums/MGalleryItem.php?id=1769

The mountain (ulsan bawi) is not so high (about 780 m), but very steep, which is typical in mountains in my country.
http://www.visitkorea.or.kr/ena/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=312800
http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=72036

[heatherrose]

You ever notice how many ugly, short, dumpy guys are sporting hot babes on their arms (ie: danny devito, etc)?

I bet Reha Pearlman would like to know about that.

[tekla]

ugly, short, dumpy guys

Who also are successful, confident, or both.

[Mister]

don't forget rich.

[Eva Marie]

ugly, short, dumpy guys

Who also are successful, confident, or both.

bingo

[Chloe]

"body ideals" yes, sorry i admit i'm vain, but to prejudicial attitudes, common assumptions and strict social roles i say HELL NO!

[Naturally Blonde]

Do you feel pressured by to conform to female body ideals?

It's not ideals we are talking about here but what I actually want is a female body. But I would be happy with any kind of fat re-distribution in the right direction but so far it's not happening here.