Benjamin Cooper, a “pissed off” boyfriend from Pennsylvania, has had it UP TO HERE with “bullshit” women’s clothing sizes.
Taking out his frustration in an epic Facebook rant, Benjamin explains he was shocked by the fact that his girlfriend, who is of medium build, has been wearing the size ‘extra large’.
"So I'm helping my girlfriend clean out her closet (literally, shut up), and I noticed that a lot of what she was getting rid of was of the XL size. That didn't look right to me, and here's why:
"They fit me. I don't say that to be silly or ironic." He wrote, adding: "It pisses me off."
A size 'S' or 'M' in men's clothes, Benjamin was shocked to find that he fits snugly into the women's XL size: "I am not an extra large man, and, more importantly, a woman my size is NOT an extra large woman.
"This bullshit right here is why we have 8 year olds with eating disorders. This shit right here is why men shout "fucking fat hog!" at even nominally curvy girls on the street."
His now viral post, which has racked up over 275,000 shares in less than a week, wraps up with a comment on the sexist undertones of women's fashion sizes.
"This is why men who think sexism is a "myth" perpetuated by liberal pussies are Full. Of. Shit.
"F*ck body shaming." Hear hear, Benjamin Cooper. Hear hear.
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Top Comments
I am sick of walking into a shop the sales assistant looking me up and down and saying. I'm sorry nothing in here will fit you. we don't cater for plus size women. I am not a "plus size woman" I am a woman. Then you walk into other shops and they say. Its great that we cater for larger women. WTF their attitude towards their customers is appalling. Being handed to an outfit and being told this should fit you let me know if you need a bigger size. I hate clothes shopping I feel like crap afterwards. So I avoid clothes shopping now.
It's so hard to find clothes that fit me in my style in stores, even in the plus size section sometimes. A large fits like a small an xl not much better. I fit comfortably in a large 3 years ago and now I wear xl and I've lost weight HOW DOES THIS MAKE ANY SENSE? This World is fixated on the middle sized woman. Its like if you're too tiny or too big then you don't need clothes because nothings gonna fit you right anyways. No matter what we do we can never meet the standards.