Exactly! I'm smaller than 1,60m and obvisously i can't wear trendy "oversized" clothes or i will look totally lost in fabric, like Dopey from Snow White, i can't wear long dresses or i will look like a piece of fabric with a small head on top... And i have a 35feet size (2-3) so it's a pain in the "foot" to find pretty women shoes... "Boo hoo hoo double standards are so hard on me! I will take pictures with clothes that fit tall women and start a movement to free tiny women from such a significant injustice! " Or i will stay happy to buy sneakers with children prices and avoid tall woman clothes to avoid being cast as Dopey in the next Disney live action movie and i will continue to be happy with the body that carry my brain.

@Arikan, I agree with the first part of your comment, but totally disagree on the second. As someone who has struggled my whole life with my body I can assure you that a flat stomach is not just hard work and perseverance. I've gone from 45 kgs to 90 (99 pounds to 200) and back to 55 (121) and never EVER have I had a flat stomach. I eat healthy, I exercise, I don't smoke/drink but still my belly is there, round and showing. Now, in my mid 40s I've come to terms with it (can't say I love it, I still have a long way!!) but I know now that this is my body type and I dress accordingly. I feel better than ever :)

This 99% can have a flat stomach is just not true. First off, 10% of women have endometriosis, and endo belly is a real pain in the a-double-snakes. I am at a healthy weight, exercise up to 12 h per week, eat fresh & unprocessed, and still I don't have (and have never had) a flat stomach. And that is just one reason someone might have for this terrible crime of having a belly that doesn't fit a beauty standard.

Not true. When I was young, I was a gymnast. The workouts were geared toward increasing strength, especially in your core muscles. Despite all that, I never had a flat stomach; always a curvy one. My abs were strong, but I never had a six-pack, even though I put in the effort.

The percentage is way lower than 99%. There are some hormonal problems among skinny people that get them a bloated look from time to time. I also have a friend with a curvy spine (idk the term) but it pushes her belly outside...she is skinny and went to the doctors who said that that's just how she is, nothing wrong with her. Also know a lot people with thyroid conditions and the tricky thing about it is that you can't tell at first that you gain weight from being sick, there are few symptoms and all can be blamed on stress/life... and by the time you get diagnosed, you are already fat and it's really hard to lose weight (especially since you can't exhaust yourself too much, can't eat certain green foods, and even if you do everything right, some little detail might still be off like your thyroid messing up your insulin levels that keep storing fat like crazy even if you are on a strict diet and work out 5 days a week for at least 3 hours with a specialised trainer... yeah true case)

Oh dear, an idiotic body shamer.

You're an idiot. Even when I was underweight, I never had a flat stomach. Some people can't really have it, doesn't matter if it's because of endometriosis, wrong spine curvature or IBS. You clearly know nothing about real life.

How about we just stop tearing women down for not wearing what we tell them to? What is it to do with anyone what another woman wants to wear and why is it supposedly a responsibility to anyone else to look attractive to them? Why are we still buying into the misogynistic trope that a woman's job is to be attractive to others?

I would rather have a pudgy stomach than your judgemental personality. This entire thread just proves how quickly women are prepared to tear down other women. I am disgusted by the comments on this post. Literally disgusted. You all need to go take a long, hard look at the morals and ethics that you bleat on about so publicly, because I see the real toxicity coming through in bucketfuls.

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Apparently we found the limits of the new liberals. They try to pretend that they're something new and different, but this comment section has revealed just how close to the surface their bitterness and hate really are.

Exactly. Totally agree

Louder for those in the back! I am sickened by the hypocrisy. Literally the top voted post on the previous article was about a man complaining that women shouldn't wear trousers, and all the comments were "ZOMG! How dare a man tell women what to wear! Not OK!". Next article, and women are tearing down other women for not wearing what they deem 'acceptable'.

Flat stomachs being the beauty ideal is in no way problematic. There's no reason for you to diminish what is many peoples' goal. It may not be your goal or your ideal, but you don't get to decide what's "problematic."

Who said overweight people aren't visually appealing?? I thought we stopped judging people based on their sizes. And also being healthy doesn't mean being slim/thin. Stop with the stereotypes already. Idk what these men are trying to accomplish from commenting about bodies of perfectly beautiful women. I don't care If I get down voted today . Regardless of how small or big someone is Everyone must feel appreciated. Their choices must be accepted by the society.

You can’t measure health by weight. World record power lifters weigh quite a bit and have a decent amount of body fat, but they’re extremely strong and healthy.