Mixed Messages

Russ brought up something interesting in class the other day.  If the media has enough power to influence kids sexually, such as influencing kids to lose their virginity earlier by showing sex scenes in the movies and stuff, why are people obese considering that the media shows so many skinny women. If media has such a strong affect on how people act, shouldnt people be trying to get skinny?  One of the opposing arguments that was brought up is that some people are just "big boned" and even if they were to diet or even starve themselves, they still would not be able to look like the girls on TV.  Now, I can buy that. It's true that some people have bigger bone structures. But I feel like that was in part caused by our culture. People started getting fat, and from an evolutionary standpoint, their bone structures got larger to support more weight. I dunno if there's any data or anything to back that up... But thats my theory.  The other opposing theory was that we it tends to be the poor people who cant afford to eat organic chips instead of regular lays, doritos, etc. This is what I find to be ridiculous. Organic vs regular chips? Chips are what got us into this trouble in the first place! The reason that americans are so much fatter than the rest of the world is (in part) because we snack all the time.  I read a statistic once from some yahoo article that said that the national past time of the US should be eating. The article said that the average american eats 3 meals a day... And also eat when theyre bored. The articles stated that americans tend to eat when theyre bored, even if theyre not hungry at all. And people wonder why were fat... Anyways so I went Italy this summer. It was amazing. There were babes everywhere. I have never seen so many sexy girls in one place. And part of the reason is that they dont eat between meals, they dont drink soda, they dont snack. They eat breakfast lunch and dinner, and nothing else. I went to Italy, ate more per meal than I do here, but came back 10 pounds lighter. It's the stuff in between that makes people fat. BUT the media makes that happen. The media influences us to buy the snacks, the mcdonalds, the unhealthy food. It's a mixed message. Eat unhealthy and all the time, but be skinny. If america wants to get healthier, they just need to cut out the chips altogether. 

Whores

So my roommates and I had some people over to our room this weekend. And this one girl told me that she was a whore when she got drunk. I found that kind of funny. I mean, it's kind of ridiculous, right? And the way she said made it seem almost like she was proud of that. Is that really something to be proud of? I mean, in class, we were talking about how our "hook up" culture was going to dissapear in the future, but with girls acting like that? It doesnt seem likely. I know guys enjoy sex, and so do girls. So shouldnt that, to some extent, explain why we have this hook up culture? Because it's enjoyable... for both parties. Now granted, not everyone enjoys sex (I guess... I dont really understand why someone wouldnt but I understand that it's possible) and even among those that do like sex not all of them enjoy a "hook up." But doesnt enjoyment factor in to this hook up culture somehow? It's not something we've talked about, but that's just my two cents.