BlueWord
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Guys this is all a political play.
In Australia at the moment, we have a large amount of contested federal seats in an area that polls as being HUGELY conservative. Known as our bible belt, in South Australia.
Essentially everything these days is aimed at marginal seats. So ATM it's all conservative stuff like this legislation, internet filter, mandatory two year data logging, ID cards etc etc.
I've actually seen a lot of these sorts of things popping up in the news over the past year or so related to Australia, though I didn't have any real understanding of what was causing it all, outside of the fact that Conservatives within the country had risen to power. This whole thing seems outrageous, frankly, I'm not sure how I would react as an Australian citizen, but I'd imagine it wouldn't be nice.
I mean, yes, it's well-documented that the proportions of modern models, the so-called "ideal" figure, is outright impossible for most to achieve, and ends up creating some sort of negative body image for some people (mostly women), but the legislation, as described here, seems to broad - broad enough that they could accuse almost anything as being "out of bounds".
And, as someone else mentioned, what are they going to do about those of us who are naturally tall and thin? Make us gain weight (but not too much muscle, or you're BREAKING THE RULES)? Make us stay indoors? The whole thing is just nanny-state bull, and I can't imagine something like this will stand.
I should say, however, that I agree with some of the more obvious points; no models under 16, no one who is dangerously thin, that sort of thing. But I think that should be addressed more from the employer side of things; classifying models who are excessively thin as a health risk, or a product of corporate negligence, something so that it becomes a monetary problem for the company, rather than some kind of high-handed moral statement handed down from on high.
The excessively muscular thing is stupid, though. What, so no professional athletes in advertising?