SKINNY OR HEALTHY

Travelling in flights gives me an entirely new experience. When I look at the skinny Air Hostesses, I start panicking and blaming myself for being not so skinny. In the moment of panic, I start observing the other female passengers, and my smile comes back to me. There is no such protocol that only slim people can travel in Airplanes. So, why is this compulsion for Air Hostesses to have a required height and maintain a particular weight? Aren’t they meant to do more important jobs, other than maintaining this weight? And, why is our India always obsessed with skinny Air hostesses? We have international airlines, which concentrates more on healthy air hostesses, instead of being skinny. They do their work very efficiently, and are not bothered about particular weight every time. Recently I had a conversation with an air hostess friend, regarding this issue, and she told me there is constant pressure for being glamorous. Is glamour synonym with skinny?

We have healthy girls in other fields too. Actresses like Sonakshi Sinha and Vidhya Balan are not skinny, but their acting speaks for them. Isn’t efficiency the important protocol for any job? And how can skinny be associated with being fit or healthy? When I hear airlines firing air hostesses for not maintain the particular weight, I feel distressed.

These girls not only serve passengers, but they perform much more important work regarding safety of passengers. In past, we had air hostess like Nirja Bhanot, who sacrificed her own life for saving passengers. It’s not their weight which makes them more or less active, it’s their work. This fad only creates pressure. Not only on air hostesses, but it even creates benchmarks for other girls. These passengers start comparing themselves with them and follow the skinny concept.

I believe, this pressure should be lowered. Being healthy is very important, but it should not be confused with being skinny. Plus, our airlines should understand this concept. Focus should be on creating efficient girls, not on skinny dolls. These girls are very inspiring for others. Their work should be the guideline to judge them, not their body. This is 21^st century, and we should come out of this concept of skinny.