Originally Posted By: Bingley
and we should maintain our body because it does a lot of things for us, not because we want our body to conform to some arbitrary standard imposed by society.

Jeanette is right that we have genetic dispositions that can prevent us from achieving movie star bods.

What I described is not a standard imposed by society, nor is it a movie star body. The social standard and movie star image is height.

I'm tall but want to be petite. I don't know why you believe I want to follow the herd mentality.

Jeanette Isabelle
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