Re: Young women today have it tough…

*Miss Ramos filed a complaint with the Human Rights Commission, but
officials told her they could not investigate because size
discrimination
is not illegal.*
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On May 1, 10:37 am, Travis <baconl...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/dcgere/>  Young women today
> have it tough…<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2012/05/01/young-women-today-h...>by
> DCG <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/dcgere/>
>
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>
> Jordan Ramos slammed bouncers at Union Bar
> College student sues after bouncer wouldn't let her dance on bar because
> she was too fat
>
> Daily Mail<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2136824/Jordan-Ramos-College-...>:
> A 21-year-old woman has accused the bouncers at her local pub of
> discrimination after she was banned from dancing on the bar *because she
> was told she was too fat*.
>
> ABC News<http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/04/plus-sized-college-stud...>reports
> Jordan Ramos, a student at the University of Iowa,
> *who describes herself as 'plus-sized'*, says she was with friends at Union
> Bar in Iowa City last month when she tried to climb onto the bar. Miss
> Ramos says *she was told to get back on the floor because she 'was not
> pretty enough' and was 'obviously pregnant'*.
>
> She told the network she waited until a few girls stepped off to make room
> and tried a second time to stand on the platform - but was stopped again.
> Miss Ramos said a friend confronted the manager, but he refused to discuss
> the matter and asked the women to leave.
>
> *'There was only one difference: I am a plus-sized individual,'* she told
> ABC. 'The bouncer said "Look, you will never get up on this platform. Go
> back to the dance floor where you belong."'
>
> She returned to the bar again on April 14, and was again rejected. 'He
> said, "*You're not pretty enough and you're pregnant.*" I said, "I can tell
> you with 100 percent certainty that I am not pregnant." He then looked at
> my stomach and said, "You obviously are." They knew I was not pregnant; *it
> was their way of calling me fat without having to actually say it*,' she
> said.
>
> *Miss Ramos filed a complaint with the Human Rights Commission, but
> officials told her they could not investigate because size discrimination
> is not illegal.*
>
> *The incidents, she said, have made her question her worth. *She told the Des
> Moines Register<http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20120428/NEWS/120428003/Stud...>:
> 'It made me start questioning myself and thinking, "*Are my friends so much
> better than me?" I know they're thinner, but those bouncers made them seem
> more valuable.*'
>
> She told the website she was surprised the incidents took place in Iowa
> City, which she considers 'open-minded'. 'We all paid the same cover to get
> into the Union, but we're not given access to all the same things they have
> to offer,' she said. '*I feel like it is their job to provide everybody a
> great time, especially if everybody pays the same price.*'
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> First of all, I know Jordan is young and dancing on a bar may sound like
> fun. But girlfriend, if that is the measurement of your worth, you need to
> really do some soul-searching. A fulfilled life is so much more than
> dancing on a bar. Love, family, God, a calling - that defines your worth.
>
> I don't blame Jordan completely for her insecurities. The media make women
> into something the majority of us are not - hot, model-like, skinny babes.
> Check out a few blatant examples below.
>
> *<http://fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/kimora-lee-simmo...>
> *
>
> *Photoshop of Kimora Lee Simmons, obviously not that skinny*
>
> * <http://fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/faith-hill.jpg>*
>
> *Photoshop of Faith Hill, looking quite normal in the picture on the left*
>
> *<http://fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/cameron-diaz-cin...>
> *
>
> *Photoshop of Cameron Diaz with her "chipmunk cheeks" virtually erased*
>
> I wish young girls didn't 1) feel so much pressure to be skinny, and 2)
> measure their "worth" by whether or not they are allowed to dance on a bar
> or are skinny. Woman should embrace their looks or try working out if you
> need to lose some weight, or accept your body as is.
>
> After all, the true meaning of what you do with your life won't be measured
> by dancing on a bar nor having a Photoshopped magazine cover. If you can
> embrace that concept you just might have a good time in life!
>
> DCG
>
>  *DCG <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/dcgere/>* | May 1,
> 2012 at 3:23 am | Categories: Culture
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