The Paleo diet is so influential because it takes eating habits from the Paleoithic era and helps people to lose weight. This is because in present times obesity is on the rise due to the foods we eat and people in the Paleoithic era were very lean. This would be true, however.... due to artwork and scultpures we find it's not true, just another thing weight control industry made up to scare and shame you...
Thanks to the Venus sculptures we see that "misshapen" bodies did exist and fat people were heard of even back then. In fact, these misshapen bodies were worshiped and seen as good luck. We see that the misshapen, large body was seen as beautiful and normal. People just assume people were lean and muscular because there was a lot of physical activity. However,they base that assumption on the stereotype that fat people are lazy and eat a lot. Maybe obese people did exist in the past and even if that is not the case; we can still acknowledge that obesity was not seen as disgusting or gross. With this figurine, we have to concede fatness was seen as beautiful and something to be admired, not shamed.
The Venus of Willendorf was dated to have been made about 23,000 B.C and was created to be a sculpture that symbolized fertility and good luck.
Focusing back on the Venus of Willendorf, we see that her body is obese and her breasts sag but she was still seen as a goddesses and a body to be admired. Without media and magazines and IG models to tell us otherwise, we see the proof that all bodies are beautiful.
The Venus of Willendorf was dated to have been made about 23,000 B.C and was created to be a sculpture that symbolized fertility and good luck.
Focusing back on the Venus of Willendorf, we see that her body is obese and her breasts sag but she was still seen as a goddesses and a body to be admired. Without media and magazines and IG models to tell us otherwise, we see the proof that all bodies are beautiful.
References
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Ivan. (2014, December 11). Venus of Willendorf. Retrieved June 10, 2017, from http://www.ancient-code.com/venus-willendorf/
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Witcombe, C. L. (2017, April 28). The secret story of the Venus of Willendorf. Retrieved June 10, 2017, from http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/02/2014/the-secret-story-of-the-venus-of-willendorf
Kuiper, K. (n.d.). Venus of Willendorf. Retrieved June 10, 2017, from https://www.britannica.com/topic/Venus-of-Willendorf
Wikipedia. (2017, May 28). Venus of Willendorf. Retrieved June 10, 2017, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_of_Willendorf
Khan Academy. (n.d.). Venus of Willendorf. Retrieved June 10, 2017, from https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/prehistoric-art/paleolithic-art/a/venus-of-willendorf
Roach, A. (2013, March 28). Venus of Willendorf. Retrieved June 10, 2017, from http://anthropology.msu.edu/anp264-ss13/2013/03/28/venus-of-willendorf/
Ivan. (2014, December 11). Venus of Willendorf. Retrieved June 10, 2017, from http://www.ancient-code.com/venus-willendorf/
Then Again. (n.d.). The Woman of Willendorf. Retrieved June 10, 2017, from http://www.thenagain.info/WebChron/World/Willendorf.html
The secret story of the Venus of Willendorf. Past Horizons. February 13, 2014, from http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/02/2014/the-secret-story-of-the-venus-of-willendorf
Witcombe, C. L. (2017, April 28). The secret story of the Venus of Willendorf. Retrieved June 10, 2017, from http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/02/2014/the-secret-story-of-the-venus-of-willendorf
Kuiper, K. (n.d.). Venus of Willendorf. Retrieved June 10, 2017, from https://www.britannica.com/topic/Venus-of-Willendorf
Wikipedia. (2017, May 28). Venus of Willendorf. Retrieved June 10, 2017, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_of_Willendorf
Khan Academy. (n.d.). Venus of Willendorf. Retrieved June 10, 2017, from https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/prehistoric-art/paleolithic-art/a/venus-of-willendorf