Body Image Issues

Mrs. Strutt · 04-10-2010, 04:57 AM

Thank you all so much for your posts...it is good to know I'm not alone in this.

I am a hair stylist, in an industry that promotes a lot of this "image." However, I deal almost exclusively with curly hair and teach women how to love, take care of and embrace their natural curls in a society that values bleached blonde, pin-straight, flat-ironed tresses as the beauty standard.

It's ironic to me that I can educate and carry this message with a vengeance, yet can't ignore the same societal standards about weight when it comes to myself.

04-10-2010, 04:57 AM	#7
Mrs. Strutt Member How Do You Identify?: Stone Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She/Her Relationship Status: 16 Years as Queen of Hys Castle Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Gulfport, FL Posts: 243 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 266 Thanked 341 Times in 115 Posts Rep Power: 17282	Thank you all so much for your posts...it is good to know I'm not alone in this. I am a hair stylist, in an industry that promotes a lot of this "image." However, I deal almost exclusively with curly hair and teach women how to love, take care of and embrace their natural curls in a society that values bleached blonde, pin-straight, flat-ironed tresses as the beauty standard. It's ironic to me that I can educate and carry this message with a vengeance, yet can't ignore the same societal standards about weight when it comes to myself. __________________ ~ Tiffany http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...FLR/sunset.jpg "If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God." - Gilbert Keith Chesterton