crasshysteria – Kimchi and Justice

pervocracy:

nuclearvampire:

You know something we don’t get taught often? Why bodies with uteri often have a slight pouche. You wanna know why? Because the uterus leans against the outside wall of the abdominal cavity. The uterus is literally making that little pouche, the belly that we call fat all the fucking time, and that’s why it’s so fucking hard to get a absolutely flat belly! And thank fuck for having a female anatomy professor who is old enough and feminist enough to not give a damn and cheerfully tell us all the details that a male professor might have thought unimportant. Cause fuck this society that ignores organs in order to fat-shame us.

Oh man, I really do appreciate the sentiment here but I have to interject as both a nurse and a chronic “um, actually”-er:

If you’re not pregnant and don’t have a uterus-enlarging condition like fibroids, your uterus is tiny. It’s about the size of a small pear. Also, it sits behind the bladder and a thick layer of abdominal muscle. It’s very unlikely to make a big obvious imprint through your skin.

So the bad news is, that little (or big) pooch on your belly is probably fat or loose skin. The good news is, fat and loose skin are also totally natural and healthy parts of your body, and you don’t have to make excuses for them.