The Science Behind Women and Fat-Talk
Kristel October 5th, 2007
It’s socially mandatory. When a bunch of women get together, the conversation automatically steers itself towards weight and weight issues. It doesn’t matter who started it, this conversation could go on and on for the next few weeks. And most women who participate in “fat talk” are hardly ever really fat.
I find that almost all the fat talk I’ve participated in involves either sitting in some chichi or snooty establishment where everything is so expensive that looking at the prices on the menu makes me feel like fasting. Sometimes it happens in a fast food chain while everyone’s gorging on greasy fries and even greasier burgers. The drinks are of course DIET sodas, because nobody wants to gain some unwanted poundage.
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