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"I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder"
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder"
I think most of the pressure on men comes from other men rather than women. We live in a society where men are in a constant pissing contest to be the most masculine, the most respected etc etc. That's an attitude that breeds shame around being fat. It's "biggest dick syndrome", represented in body shape.

It's the same reason there appears to be so much pressure on short men, skinny men, the list goes on. Women will have their preferences sure, I've heard women say they won't date a guy under 5'9 or a bald guy, but I still think most of the "pressure" men face is to match up to other men, not so much to impress women. Therefore it's less of a sexism issue and more our own issue, it's the hypermasculine culture that needs addressing.
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"I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Napoléon - December 15, 2014 at 9:43 am
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Alex K - December 15, 2014 at 9:50 am
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Alex K - December 15, 2014 at 10:02 am
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Alex K - December 15, 2014 at 10:22 am
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Jaysyn - December 15, 2014 at 12:20 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Jaysyn - December 15, 2014 at 1:08 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Tonus - December 15, 2014 at 9:32 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Violet - December 18, 2014 at 6:29 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Dystopia - December 19, 2014 at 12:03 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Dystopia - December 19, 2014 at 12:36 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Dystopia - December 19, 2014 at 10:54 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Violet - December 19, 2014 at 10:33 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Chad32 - December 15, 2014 at 10:01 am
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by IATIA - December 15, 2014 at 12:46 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by FreeTony - December 15, 2014 at 10:20 am
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Alex K - December 15, 2014 at 10:40 am
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Strider - December 15, 2014 at 10:49 am
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by abaris - December 15, 2014 at 12:36 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Alex K - December 15, 2014 at 10:52 am
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by vorlon13 - December 15, 2014 at 11:02 am
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Alex K - December 15, 2014 at 11:14 am
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Alex K - December 15, 2014 at 11:26 am
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Alex K - December 15, 2014 at 11:36 am
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Chad32 - December 15, 2014 at 11:55 am
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Nope - December 15, 2014 at 12:20 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Alex K - December 15, 2014 at 12:22 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Alex K - December 15, 2014 at 12:51 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Alex K - December 15, 2014 at 1:38 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by IATIA - December 15, 2014 at 2:17 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Tonus - December 15, 2014 at 3:00 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by IATIA - December 15, 2014 at 3:16 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Exian - December 15, 2014 at 3:19 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Alex K - December 15, 2014 at 6:50 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Alex K - December 15, 2014 at 7:56 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Alex K - December 15, 2014 at 8:00 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Exian - December 15, 2014 at 8:42 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Nope - December 16, 2014 at 10:37 am
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by John V - December 19, 2014 at 9:31 am
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Alex K - December 19, 2014 at 9:47 am
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Losty - December 19, 2014 at 1:00 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Jello - February 13, 2016 at 6:26 am
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Jello - February 13, 2016 at 6:55 am
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Athene - February 13, 2016 at 1:03 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Athene - February 13, 2016 at 4:54 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Athene - February 13, 2016 at 11:21 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Regina - February 13, 2016 at 9:27 am
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Losty - February 13, 2016 at 11:02 am
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Mermaid - February 13, 2016 at 10:11 am
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Mermaid - February 13, 2016 at 10:22 am
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Losty - February 13, 2016 at 12:32 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Dystopia - February 13, 2016 at 12:54 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Dystopia - February 14, 2016 at 12:24 am
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Losty - February 13, 2016 at 12:28 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Regina - February 13, 2016 at 2:11 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Regina - February 13, 2016 at 3:16 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Regina - February 13, 2016 at 2:33 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Regina - February 13, 2016 at 4:35 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Aroura - February 13, 2016 at 3:53 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Aroura - February 13, 2016 at 4:13 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Aroura - February 13, 2016 at 4:10 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Mermaid - February 14, 2016 at 11:21 am
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Mermaid - February 14, 2016 at 11:57 am
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Mermaid - February 14, 2016 at 12:16 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Mermaid - February 14, 2016 at 12:37 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Mermaid - February 14, 2016 at 12:43 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Aroura - February 13, 2016 at 4:57 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by brewer - February 13, 2016 at 4:19 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Jello - February 13, 2016 at 8:27 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Jello - February 14, 2016 at 12:29 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Jello - February 14, 2016 at 12:32 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Jello - February 14, 2016 at 12:40 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Mermaid - February 14, 2016 at 12:42 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Dystopia - February 14, 2016 at 12:31 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Mermaid - February 14, 2016 at 12:41 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Mermaid - February 14, 2016 at 12:44 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Jello - February 14, 2016 at 12:35 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Losty - February 14, 2016 at 12:45 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Jello - February 14, 2016 at 12:49 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Losty - February 14, 2016 at 1:03 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Losty - February 14, 2016 at 1:08 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Athene - February 14, 2016 at 2:27 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Athene - February 14, 2016 at 3:17 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Jello - February 14, 2016 at 2:41 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Jello - February 14, 2016 at 2:58 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Losty - February 14, 2016 at 7:36 pm
RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder" - by Jello - February 14, 2016 at 7:43 pm

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