In case you didn't know what a thigh gap was, it's where you stand with your feet together, but your thighs don't touch. But it's not something you can expect to achieve naturally. It requires a lot of extreme dieting, which could lead to some serious body image issues down the line. Despite the health risks, women are achieving this thigh gap, even if it requires surgery. But of course you can't have a thigh gap and not accessorize the darn thing. So one creative designer has created an ornament that hangs between the thighs, and now the thigh gap jewelry is becoming super sexy and trendy among girls and young women, but there's a twist.
Ridiculous Thigh Gap Jewelry Makes A Powerful Point We Can't Ignore.
By
Sughra Hafeez in
Bizarre
On 13th February 2017
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#1
Now imagine being a bride who unravels the bottom of her dress to reveal some sexy legs, but wait! Something's missing!
Yeah, the distance between the thighs are noticeable and also eerily empty. So wouldn't it be cool to accessorize that gap with some beautifully designed ornaments?
#2
You certainly wouldn't want the groom going under the dress to remove your girdle with his teeth in front of the other wedding guests looking like this, right?
Sure, the legs look beautiful the way they are, but is accessorizing the gap between the thighs really such a big deal? It's like jewelry for the crotch, and the last thing any woman wants is to come off like they intentionally want to draw attention to what's down there.
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#3
Unfortunately, even without the thigh gap jewelry, the trend to achieve this so-called thigh gap is forcing some women to take extreme measures.
But according to Angela Guarda, the director of Johns Hopkins Eating Disorders Program, a natural gap between the thighs is rare. Guarda goes on to explain further that it's the bone structure that defines whether you can even have a thigh gap, and that's based on the shape of the pelvic girdle and the distance between the hipbones.
#4
Ultimately, thigh gaps represent one of the many trends that the media has managed to glamorize and influence so many women.
In essence, it demonstrates just how powerful the influence of media can have on body ideals and perception.
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#5
The concept of the thigh gap is the latest representation of society's attempt to categorize what is beautiful and normal versus what isn't.
But that hasn't stopped this trend from being supported by women with toothpick thin legs and concave thighs.
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#6
Now the first thing you think about when you look at the thigh gap jewelry is that it looks like a real expensive tampon string hanging out of your private parts.
But Soo Kyung Bae, the designer of the thigh gap jewelry, created it so that women could place it between their upper thighs and rock it.
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#7
Bae's company, TGAP became the first website to list the thigh gap jewelry for sale.
But at a glance, it didn't seem like the site had taken into consideration the weight loss trend and potential eating disorders that this could produce among teenage girls and young adults.
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#8
The thigh gap jewelry piece is an alluring 18 gold plated chain, but alluring to what is what some women started to wonder.
The chain formed loops around the top of the thighs, which ultimately created a y-shaped gold tassel hanging between the thighs.
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#9
Fortunately, the thigh gap jewelry is pricey, so it's unlikely that underage teens would have been able to procure it or that parents would dare buy it for them.
But for those that had enough cash to fork over or a credit card, the jewelry piece would set them back anywhere from $175 to $195.
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#10
Of course, the price varied depending on which version of the thigh gap jewelry you wanted to purchase.
According to the website, tgapj.com, there are many different variations of the jewelry ranging from different plates to different tassels. Because you wouldn't want to be caught dead wearing an identical jewelry piece hanging between your legs that someone else was wearing.
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#11
You may recall we mentioned that there was a twist, and there's a big one the moment you go to pay for your merchandise.
The website itself functions like any other shopping site. But once the shopper hits checkout, they get re-directed to another site, that talks about Bae's true intention behind the thigh gap jewelry.
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#12
For starters, the tgapj.com website is fake, and it was always intended to be.
The site was designed to attract not just extremely thin women, but also plus size women who found some sort of appeal to the notion of working towards a thigh gap.
#13
The Singapore designer wanted to take the issue head on, so she created this spoof site to get women's attention over a serious issue.
Body image perception is a real problem, and Bae wanted to take this thigh gap trend head-on. The site contained statistical information and quotes such as, "If we allow the media to keep popularizing such unrealistic body ideal, will this eventually become reality?"
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#14
Bae had a very good reason to play this trick on people and that was to create a reaction, and she certainly did that and more.
Her subterfuge brought about a response to the growing weight loss trend that's been popularized by social media. In this, the designer hoped that people would begin to reflect on all of the absurd things that teens and women were obsessing over in reference to body image.
#15
It's not right for women, and anyone for that matter, to feel insecure about their bodies.
Which is why so many women were enticed by the faux site in the first place. Ultimately, achieving gender equality based on image vanity jewelry alone can make that goal seem light years away.
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#16
When you're willing to spend $185 on a proverbial tassel for your lady parts, it's time to stop and think.
This is exactly what Bae wanted to prove because the media has convinced men and women alike that their body looks wrong, which results in unrealistic expectations and extreme disappointment in the way one's body looks when those goals aren't achieved.
#17
The website aims to post all of the popularized imperfections that the media has emphasized on from head to toe.
From thigh gaps to collarbone challenges, there's just so much pressure on teens and women these days. Honestly, wearing something that looks like a golden tampon just slipped out of your vagina is certainly not preferable to having thighs rubbing together.
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#18
Of course, it's not easy to fight body shaming, body dysmorphia and other forms of negative body image views.
That's why the site offers some great advice on how you can resist the media's attempt to influence body image. It also guides young women to seek support from their friends and loved ones when they feel down. If all else fails, Bae's site recommends that you seek out professional help to get you back on track to loving yourself for who you are.
#19
To drive the point home, Bae added quotes from a couple of health care professionals who specialize in dealing with eating disorders.
It's totally a great concept to create a fictional company to highlight an issue and get people's attention because, in a world full of fake beauty, the world really needs a dose of a lot more reality.
