Question:
So, this is the question: did women have it easier in the Victorian age, when they had to wear corsets and a million layers of clothes (external control of their bodies) or today, when they starve and excercise their bodies into the shape they are expected to be (internal control)?

Choices:
Corsets, all the way.
I <3 the Atkins diet!

 

Wearing layers is stupid. Ppl had no excuse to stay healthy. B/c society allows me to show so much skin and stuff I'm more apt to take care of myself. I dance every day of the week for at least 3 hours a day, I run every morning for 2 miles w/ my boyfriend, and I take classes such as kickboxing and tae bo and yoga at the gym that I belong to. I watch what I eat pretty much all the time. If I layered, I wouldn't have to worry about how toned I look and whether or not I'm skinny enough to walk around in hardly any clothing. B/c I have those things to consider when I look at myself in the mirror, I choose to eat right and keep active. True, it has caused some eating disorder issues for me at some points in my life, but as for right now I do worry about what I eat, but I usually just eat healthy so that I get enough nutrients and such. Internal control is better. Anyone can do external. However, you can tell a lot more about a person if he/she is more willing to keep good care of their bodies and look hot. I think it's a lot better being able to show skin and all that.
~Serena~