Are model too skinny or beauty ban?

Is this “growing global campaign to fight anorexia within the fashion industry” born out of a sincere concern for anorexic young models and model-wannabees or is it thinly veiled assault on people’s perception of aesthetics and beauty that do not happen to conform to feminists version of those?

It is interesting that this unprecedented model ban came from a country not particularly known for high fashion but rather known for zealously legislating feminist fantasies, that is, Spain, which just passed a legislation requiring men to share half of the housework.

This feminists’ campaign to change people’s view of women and beauty has been going on for a while - recent examples, most of which focus on justifying or mainstreaming obese women, include movies (remember “Real women have curves”?) and recent campaign by cosmetic company to feature obese “ordinary” women as models for their product and NOW’s campaign to love your body (including all the excess fat).

In ancient time, a queen or some sort ordered all women who were more beautiful than her to be executed. Enlightened, sensitive modern-day re-incarnation of the queen, called gender feminists, will not execute them (then there will be no women other than angry, old feminists left to live on earth), but simply ban the livelihood of some women whom they especially target.

How about tall models? Aren’t they too tall? To me they look far taller than average women, and thus might harm women’s self-confidence who are not as tall as models. Aren’t they also too young? Most of them look like under 25 years old? Ordinary women over 25 may feel left out. Wait, aren’t they too beautiful? And not just models in the fashion shows but how about TV stars and actresses? Aren’t they also too skinny, tall, young, and beautiful? TV starts excessive beauty might drive young girls to flock to plastic surgeons, or may harm their self-confidence as they are not as beautiful as those stars. Should we also ban these people from public eyes too?

I guess we can keep adding one ban after another until the only ones who are left to walk the catwalk or appear on TV or silver screens are the exact mirror image the people on the forefront of skinny-ban - old, unhappy, fat, ugly feminists. Then at least I can save some money by not going to movies anymore.

Links:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/21/fashion/21MODELS.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/20/AR2006092000819.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/19/AR2006091900149.html