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NY considers banning ultrathin fashion models

A New York City Council member Thursday proposed pushing sponsors to ban abnormally thin models from walking New York Fashion Week's runways.

Council member Gail Brewer wants fashion houses to ban any model with a body mass index of less than 18.5 -- the cutoff for the World Health Organization's definition of "normal."

What the crap? I can understand a particular company deciding not to use models who are too skinny because they don't want their clothing line associated with that look. That's their right to make such a decision - but of course, once again government decides it needs to involve itself in another facet of society where it does not belong.

Video games, movies, skinny models, fast food, etc... are all to blame for the decline in society, apparently. When we watch or eat such things - it's by no fault of our own how they affect us.

Garbage.

Once again, personal responsibility is left by the roadside. For starters - your parents should have raised you to know better and common sense should tell you, "You don't have to look like everyone else", "Just because you can decapitate someone with a Battle Axe doesn't mean you can do so in real life", etc...

To blame someone/something else for your actions/behavior/lifestyle that you have complete control over is irresponsible - and for the government to step in and put a ban on certain things, like telling fashion companies they can't use certain sized models, because they have a God complex and feel that people can't function without their protection is irresponsible.

Let's look at this situation on the flip-side... Fat people. Much more of a health issue and so much more common - especially here in the US. So why no action there?

I say if they're going to ban skinny models from fashion shows they should ban fat people from the beach, entering fast food restaurants, and wearing bikinis. But - "fat people are the victims", "our weight is genetic - so being fat is uncontrollable", etc...

Again, garbage.

If it's so uncontrollable and genetic (which by no means is this true and another way of side-stepping personal responsibility) then, using that same logic, why ban skinny models from fashion shows?

I can't even explain that one so any feedback is welcome. I'm just over this sense of no personal responsibility and the government overstepping it's boundaries with issues it should have no concern with.

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Devonsangel·
As far as the skinny models, the gov is trying to push companies to use models who are closer to the body \"norm\" since most females look to models for how they should look. Is this right? No, but unfortunately this \"look\" is further emphasized in men's magazines. Playboy would not have the level of subscription if they printed pictures of women who are not skinny. This is a \"catch-22\" situation. Yea, I know, everyone reads Playboy for the articles.:)
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syphaqlies·
I feel the modeling industry should be left to decide for itself which models to use. I don't believe this is one area in which governments need to interfere. However, I do agree with recent municipalities banning restaurants from using trans fats. It is the leading substance attributed to the No. 1 cause of death in america...heart disease. The rising health care costs associated with it effects everyone. Trans fats are cheap and have a long shelf life and we all know most businesses would choice to grow their bottom line over being responsible. And, since it is a known fact that many people can't be responsible when it comes to choosing what they eat and how much they eat, I feel these municipalities made the right choice. You can't ban people from eating at restaurants and fast food joints and I would rise up and fight if my town tried. But they can, and should, regulate what restaurants put in the food, especialy when an ingredient can have such a tremendous effect on society.
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n0kx·
syphaqlies - i agree... you SHOULDN'T ban people from doing much of anything. again, i'm a big advocate of personal responsibility. and i wasn't saying we should ban people from restaurants. i was just kinda using it as an example of banning skinny people from fashion shows and the comparison.\r \r as far as the trans fat issue... yes, it is better for us and i'm all for it... but at the same time i have to wonder if, again, it should be a choice of the restaurant and let the free market and competition \"enforce\" the idea, not a politician in washington.\r \r for example...if burger king starts using the trans fat and more people start eating there than mcdonald's...mcdonald's in turn will start using trans fat. people are making the decision, not politicians.