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Equalities minister Lynne Featherstone said women should aspire to be a size 14 with buxom, hourglass figures. Here, two size 14 women reveal how they feel about their bodies.
Lynne Featherstone says women should aspire to have size 14 figures.
Featherstone claims, fill me with joy that I have the right to enjoy my new size. Instead, it affects every single aspect of my life today. I no longer skip into shops, confident I can slip into anything I choose. I shuffle in, apologetically. As I scour the racks for loose tops and trousers which will hide my bulk, I'm red-faced and mumbling. And jokes about my weight have become taboo in our house. I know I am hardly fat. I am 5ft 8in and weigh 11st, but I'm far bigger than I have ever been and my confidence has evaporated as a result. And no, Featherstone's remarks about size 14 do not make me feel any better-they make me feel worse. If Christina Hendricks and I take the same dress size, how come I don't look like her?
I doubt any real woman of my size who was once slender, but has crept up to size 14, is truly happy with her figure. Deep down, we all know that our days of drawing envious glances for our slim figures are long gone. And those who argue otherwise are either deluded or just being kind. So what is the solution? I wouldn't begin to tell other women what size will guarantee them happiness, because size is as individual as the clothes you choose to wear. But I do know that, for me, it is far easier to strive to be thin than it is to attempt to feel sexy as a size 14.
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