Christiana

Yeah, I think it's like the latter, right? And I think even if we were in this utopia where we accepted everyone's bodies, like I think The Economist did a piece about talking about the fact that like women's salaries are pegged to what they weigh. Yes. And if you lose a certain amount of weight, your salary goes up.

Yeah, I think it's like the latter, right? And I think even if we were in this utopia where we accepted everyone's bodies, like I think The Economist did a piece about talking about the fact that like women's salaries are pegged to what they weigh. Yes. And if you lose a certain amount of weight, your salary goes up.

So it's just like the market forces for whatever reason, we know the reasons, reward being skinny. And by the way, did you see the opposite is true for men?

So it's just like the market forces for whatever reason, we know the reasons, reward being skinny. And by the way, did you see the opposite is true for men?

Yeah. And I think for women, it's always going to be, you are judged. That connection between morality and beauty and health. I think people just collapse it into one. They don't see them as different things. Even if they use a language like, don't you want to be healthy? But they're saying to someone, don't you want to lose weight?

Yeah. And I think for women, it's always going to be, you are judged. That connection between morality and beauty and health. I think people just collapse it into one. They don't see them as different things. Even if they use a language like, don't you want to be healthy? But they're saying to someone, don't you want to lose weight?

And I think it's going to be harder for women to escape that, unfortunately.

And I think it's going to be harder for women to escape that, unfortunately.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Compulsive shopping? Yeah. I read about that. Someone who stopped them compulsive shopping.

Compulsive shopping? Yeah. I read about that. Someone who stopped them compulsive shopping.

Yeah. We don't judge gambling or drinking or online shopping in the same way that we do weight. So that was what the person was fixated on. I got on Ozempic to lose weight. But they discovered all these other parts of themselves. They were awakened to like, I actually spend too much money. Like a woman said she was going through Target and she wasn't putting things in her cart. Yes.

Yeah. We don't judge gambling or drinking or online shopping in the same way that we do weight. So that was what the person was fixated on. I got on Ozempic to lose weight. But they discovered all these other parts of themselves. They were awakened to like, I actually spend too much money. Like a woman said she was going through Target and she wasn't putting things in her cart. Yes.

This is what I mean. In the same way. And I found that so interesting. We don't see like excessive shopping the same way we see excessive eating. And I think that's the most interesting part of the drug.

This is what I mean. In the same way. And I found that so interesting. We don't see like excessive shopping the same way we see excessive eating. And I think that's the most interesting part of the drug.

I think my slight pushback to that is like being a Brit in America is that it's actually very hard to have a regulated relationship with the pleasure of food when there are very few pleasures. So food is like a very easy and cheap pleasure. I think that's okay if you're in a country where there's a park down the road, I can play tennis for free.

I think my slight pushback to that is like being a Brit in America is that it's actually very hard to have a regulated relationship with the pleasure of food when there are very few pleasures. So food is like a very easy and cheap pleasure. I think that's okay if you're in a country where there's a park down the road, I can play tennis for free.

It's just like you get pleasure and that humanity everywhere. It is like one of the dopamine hits. But in this country, I feel like food and alcohol are the only cheap, accessible pleasures. But if we were in a more...

It's just like you get pleasure and that humanity everywhere. It is like one of the dopamine hits. But in this country, I feel like food and alcohol are the only cheap, accessible pleasures. But if we were in a more...