Let's stop using the terms "skinny" and "curvy"

Oh, I completely agree. The problem is that a lot of people hear "skinny" and think "bony/anorexic" instead of just "slim". That's why different words should be used in discussions about who prefers what body types.

Why do you care what other people label body types?
 
Oh, I completely agree. The problem is that a lot of people hear "skinny" and think "bony/anorexic" instead of just "slim". That's why different words should be used in discussions about who prefers what body types.

I've never met anybody who gets those connotations.
 
I've never met anybody who gets those connotations.

I have. I've known a few girls who got pretty offended when people when call them skinny. In fact, some of them related stories of people being downright douchenozzles about the whole thing.

As for the general debate there, I think it's kind of asinine. Unless we switch to describing body types with precise and quantifiable terms, people will keep attaching negative connotations to whatever terms we use. We start calling skinny girls 'slim' and pretty soon people won't want to be called that anymore.

Maybe we should just accept the idea that we shouldn't be commenting on other people's body types when they're in earshot.
 
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