In the late 19th Century, a woman who had a body that
could fit nicely into a size 14 dress sat naked on a sheet.
She was washing her feet. We do not know what she was
thinking. It is doubtful that her thoughts focused on
any type ladies plus size clothing.
Although that woman did not wear a single article of
trendy plus size clothing, still the eyes of one man
were on her. That man was named Renoir. He was an artist.
He felt that the curves exhibited by the naked body
of that woman deserved to be memorialized in a painting.
At the close of the 20th Century Renoir’s painting
appeared in a textbook, a textbook for a class on health
issues. Renoir’s painting was placed at the start
of a section of that book, a section on “Body
Image.” That section made it clear that society
tends to overlook the value of casual plus size dresses.
Judith Rodin, a psychologist was quoted in that section
on “Body Image.” Dr. Rodin frowned on the
“fitness zealots,” those who put so much
emphasis on the appearance of the human body. She worried
about the dangers of self-absorption. She cautioned
that a woman who is overly concerned about her weight
might initiate an unhealthy approach to dieting.
Dr. Rodin obviously believed that a woman who was just
a shade heavier than the “perfect woman”
should welcome the availability of plus size beach dresses.
She should enthuse over any chance to purchase one of
the woman’s plus size sun dresses. She should
not shrink from attending an affair at which she could
wear one of the plus size semi-formal dresses.
Of course Dr. Rodin does not encourage any young woman
to bathe in front of a man. Dr. Rodin would certainly
feel that every woman is deserving of privacy. In fact
a plus size dress helps a woman to keep private her
possession of certain curves, curves that a thinner
woman most likely lacks.
Dr. Rodin prefers to get people thinking about the
softness of a woman who must wear a plus size dress.
Dr. Rodin seeks to challenge those who push young women
to be thin. Dr. Rodin encourages others to think about
how we can we attain to a happy medium, a society in
which women are not too fat and not too thin.
In such a society, one would certainly find more than
one store that sold a generous amount of plus size dresses.
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