Scene and heard

There is a great cartoon showing an overweight, out-of-shape man looking in the mirror and seeing an Adonis. Beneath it is a caption of a woman with a perfect body that she is seeing as obese. It is easy to see where these stereotypes come from. However, I have found the exception:

The larger a woman’s backside, the smaller she apparently sees herself and the worse her depth perception becomes – at least judging by the spaces she is likely to try to squeeze into on public transportation. How many times have I seen a space barely big enough for the skinniest of waifs, only to see an overly healthy woman attempt to fit into it? It may be plain that her derrière is 3 times larger than the space available, but when all average sized people refuse to embarrass themselves by even attempting to sit there, she will terrify the incumbents of bordering seats, scattering them where possible; over-spilling them when not, and sit with defiance and apparent dignity. She will betray no discomfort – which is something that is unlikely to be said of her new neighbours.

If I were paranoid, I would think that these women only sit next to me. But I have seen them do it to others and realise that probably less than 90% actually do sit next to me