Sweetums pookie pie
I wonder, many times..what could be the etymology of all the words that are addressed to your beloved one?
Sweetie
Sweetheart
Sugar
Honey
Sweetie pie
Why is is referred as "whisper sweet nothings into her ear" ?
How did this trend / usage of words related with "sweet" begin? When did it start? Do you know how this custom started?
On another BIG note - since when did it become acceptable to be thin? Or rather when did it become NOT acceptable to be fat? In almost every society a "Fat" person is ridiculed, or his/her weight becomes a topic of great merriment/scorn. Its like a bad thing to be fat, not socially ok. But when did this begin?
If I know my history well, it was a good thing to be plump in th 15th and 16th century, maybe even later. There are paintings and pictures and poems which extoll the beauty and attractiveness of a plump fair lady with an abundant bosom! Then how did society change so much to reject the idea of being plump - a thing of ridicule? Why do we worship skinny-ness? Bah!! Partly the media should be to blame - but isnt it essentially an issue for the society to tackle?
WHy? When? How?
posted by ilovecheese @ Monday, August 01, 2005
2 Comments:
The paintings you refer to, such as a Raphael who depicts elegant and somewhat corpulent nudes, were created in a society that had to physically work very hard to make a living. The dirt farmers and their wives and sons and daughters starved and slaved under the persistent heat day after day. Thus they were thin and tanned.
The people in these paintings were from wealthy families as evidenced by the fact that they had plenty to eat and their skin was almost pasty white.
Now, there are machines that do most of the backbreaking manual labor, freeing us up with more leisure time. And what do we do with our free time? We go to the gym and “work out”, we lay around the pool and “soak up the rays”. The wealthier you are, the more leisure time you have; thus someone who is tanned and in shape is more desirable – NOT BECAUSE OF THE PERSON – but strictly because of implied wealth. It’s as though weight has become the new societal caste standard.
Thanks Methatiam, that clears up my perception of this matter.
People are, I feel, judged more often than not from what they can or can't afford; one is considered poorer by what one can't have.
Atleast, that's my take on this ever-increasing materialistic world
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