A first-person reflection (YouTube) on the absence of positive body-image role models for women across generations. The speaker describes family patterns (mother, aunts, grandmother) of dieting and body dissatisfaction, emphasizes the rarity of women who love their bodies, and urges listeners—especially parents of daughters—to model self-acceptance so that positive attitudes transmit to the next generation.
I didn't know one woman that actually loved her body. All of my aunts on diets, my mom was always trying to lose weight and at war with her body. And my grandmother, same thing. And then when I looked outside of myself, that's all I saw everywhere. It's very rare that we actually see a powerful, positive role model for us as women. I'm talking about a positive role model of a woman that is in love with her body, that is okay with who she is, that exudes confidence and the essence of beauty. And this is where you and I have an opportunity. We have a beautiful opportunity to be a different voice and to be a different role model out in the world. And if you have children, especially if you have daughters, it is so critical if you, even if you're not doing it for yourself, to do it for them, because they will mimic you, they will model your behavior. And if you don't love your body, if you don't love who you are, guaranteed that's going to trickle down to them.
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