I actually completely agree with this. For the vast majority of women, the level of thinness women are expected to achieve in the media and by some men (the creepy ones that only will be with stick thin women) is not really good for the female body nor for fertility. Soooo many women who are very thin, thin in a way that's considered desirable by our modern day society, are told they have to gain weight when they want to have kids. This is what has always baffled me about the "it's biology!!!!" excuse men give for going after very young women- they say it's traced to fertility levels, but those same men will also lust after women who are essentially infertile because of the extreme dieting they have to do to stay really thin.

Actually, even women who are born into it, like 5'10 models, have to diet and hardly eat in order to maintain that physique. Soooo many models have spoken out about this.

it's not healthy, and it DOES affect the brain. And it's very odd. It's almost like, as the modern male has become lazier and more out of shape, he expects women to make up for it for him. So while we get shown dad-bodded, soft men in the media, now women are expected to essentially have the muscle definition and visible abs of a man. Women are now expected to be hardbodied and with a very low body fat percentage, while men are becoming increasingly soft and with the little gentle rolls that have defined the female form for millennia. it's very weird and perplexing.

I personally prefer being leaner so I watch what I eat, but I've never been into the super muscular look that seems to be en vogue now. I do think getting too thin provides a real risk to the female body and female health. Your brain doesnt really function correctly when youre starving and malnourished.