Yes, I think it is quite a stretch.

So people can't have preferences, then?

Yes, I know it's not physically as painful if she is only using her hands on him.

I don't disagree with anything that you've written.

Yes, but your own snippet also notes that one of the issues is "decreased physical activity" and that the chemicals in food change "the amount of calories burned at rest." Which means: people aren't as active and they eat food that decreases the amount of energy burned when they are being inactive.

But he doesn't deny that the sex happens or that he takes photos of it. I may have missed something, but he seems pretty upfront about the fact that he has engages in sexual activity with the models that he shoots — and that he takes photos.

I'm assuming that you don't use toilet paper to wipe? And that you just farmer blow instead of using tissues?

Because they choose to...

But isn't that because dumpy is used to refer to body type? If they'd used the word "sloppy" and someone thought body type that'd be a more concerning issue.

I'm a woman.

Let me ask a question: if she had said it to you in a way that was more discrete would it have humiliated you?

Okay, dear. I'm going to let you have fun with that. Bye-bye now.

Umm...that's what agree to disagree means...

Agree to disagree.

Are you saying that labial stretching was a continent-wide practice? This is a real question. I wasn't aware that labial stretching was a hugely common practice in west Africa.

But there is more to the continent than southern Africa.

I can see how my comment would not have made it clear that I agree with your point: there is a difference between finding something odd and finding something grotesque and worthy of ridicule.

But Baartman would have been seen as odd by other black people outside of her tribe because the manipulation of the buttocks that the tribe practiced in order to achieve their ideal was unique to that tribe. Women were forced to go through a ritual of elongating their labia and increasing the size of their buttocks…

Are you saying that you're friends with black people who have told you that they think it would be wrong for you to adopt a black child? Are you worried about losing those people as friends?

The BMI is fairly accurate basic tool for most people. Unfortunately there are people who don't take into account the clearly outlined exceptions when making decisions about a person's health.