Halle Berry, Jennifer Aniston and most recently Julia Vignali … many times, celebrities have had to deny pregnancy because they have grown belly. When will you stop believing that weight gain necessarily means you're pregnant?
Because in the end, we just want to eat a burger in peace, without being asked what month it is. Especially if you don't want to or can't have children. Since when is weight gain systematically associated with pregnancy? Don't women have the right to gain a few pounds if they are not pregnant? The question unfortunately arises when we see how many celebrities have had to deny pregnancy after having (even a little) stomach.
"When's the baby?" ": Enjoy Phoenix rightly explains why this question is misplaced
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In 2012, Jennifer Aniston had already had to justify her weight gain in public, after reading in all the tabloids that she was pregnant. “No, we are not expecting a child. It's just that I quit smoking so I put on a few pounds ”, she told Hello magazine. Four years later, in 2016, he was again "detected" a baby bump. “I am not pregnant, I am tired. Tired of seeing how you scrutinize women's bodies and of having to deal with body-shaming. The objectification that we subject to women is absurd and disturbing. The way I am presented by the media simply reflects the way we see and portray women in general, compared to an incorrect standard of beauty ”, she wrote in an essay published in the American Huffington Post.
In 2017, it was Halle Berry who had the perfect media response to pregnancy rumors. Under the pretext that she arrived with a small round stomach in a tight dress on the red carpet, everyone imagined that she was expecting a third child. "Can I still afford a steak and fries? ", had she then launched on Instagram, between humor and annoyance. Lately, it was Julia Vignali who had to admit to having gained two kilos on the set of Best Pastry Chef on M6, to put an end to the rumors of pregnancy with her partner Kad Merad.
Leave our bodies alone
There are hundreds of examples like these. And unfortunately, that reflects how much (too much) importance is still given to the physique and weight of women, and the so-called "diktats" of beauty. A woman's body changes as does its shape and weight. Directly assuming that she is going to have a child if she has gained a few pounds is hurtful. Already, because you judge (even unconsciously) his physique. But most of all, because you usually don't know what happened in this woman's life: maybe she can't get pregnant despite the attempts? Or, on the contrary, she just had an abortion? A remark like this can hurt a lot.
Finally, it is still seeing the woman through motherhood, as if that were her ultimate goal, when many of them do not want to become mothers. It is to believe that they are not fulfilled, if they are not married with children. And sorry to tell you, this is an archaic way of thinking. So a word of advice, if you are in doubt, wait until someone announces you are pregnant.
