re: #410 Obdicut

This is my mom’s book.

The Invention of the Renaissance Woman

My mom wrote her college paper comparing a societies image of the ideal woman over different eras. Times of plenty and prosperity led to thin women being more desirable, as it showed they had restraint and self control, while times of poverty or plague led to larger women being seen as ideal, because it meant they had access to food and were healthy.

Paraphrasing a great deal there mind you.