Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: The Frightening New Normalcy of Hating Your Body by Courtney E. Martin

Author:Courtney E. Martin [Martin, Courtney E.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: 2007-04-17T04:00:00+00:00

I dated my boyfriend almost all of high school, and we had never had a real balls-to-the-wall conversation about my body insecurities or his preferred body types or anything like that. I was paranoid because the one girl he dated before me was skinnier and just looked totally different. I used to think about that and wonder which of us was his real type, but I would never say anything because I was afraid of what the answer might be.

Finally, right near prom, I just blurted out this question: “Do you think I’m pretty?” I felt stupid right away. I mean, I knew he thought I was pretty, at least to a point, or he wouldn’t be with me. But then he just started talking about how beautiful he thought I was, not in a fake way but, like, real, important things about me that he noticed that, like, no one else would notice. I felt great, so I asked him to tell me, honestly, what guys say about their girlfriends’ bodies or the girls’ bodies that they hook up with. He said that there was pressure to be funny and that usually meant being critical, and that he had, honestly, fallen into that sometimes just because he wasn’t thinking. But he also said that he was sick of it, just focusing on certain parts or whatever, and that one of the things he was looking forward to about college was hoping that guys might be cooler about girls. I felt so relieved, like a ten-ton weight had been lifted from my shoulders.

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