By Louis Chan
AsAmNews National Correspondent
The pressure for Asian women to be thin has gone haywire.
The latest trend to hit social media is to compare your waist size to the thickness of a sheet of paper, specifically an A4 paper size which is about eight inches wide.
Girls are actually posting pictures of themselves on social media holding up a sheet of that paper next to their waists.
Hate to break it to you girls, but guys would find that extremely unattractive and even a bit anorexic. Not only is that dangerous, but it’s sure to turn off most men.
Apparently this trend started in East Asian countries and is spreading to the U.S.
Many on social media agree that the A4 waist is a turnoff.
#A4Waist as an asian, i do agree sometimes asian came up with weird stuffs.. seriously A4 waist??? Duhhh
— 전쟁같은사랑 (@rucci87) March 19, 2016
#A4Waist Nailed it! By the way, as a dad raising 4 kids (2 girls), can we stop the ignorant body image stuff now? pic.twitter.com/i6ME7RcoTY
— Matt Chambers (@WeatherChambers) March 18, 2016
The sick ‘A4 waist’ trend: Dangerous new fad encourages girls to … – The Sun #fitness #trend https://t.co/jgK1tjVDTq
— Sebastian Carter (@FitnessCarter) March 15, 2016
Women too are fighting back, proudly declaring they don’t have an A4 waist and are glad they don’t
Women are posting pics of a4-sized waists but I eat too much so here’s my oversized torso & my MSc degree #a4waist pic.twitter.com/8kPccrU5sG
— Weiyan Chee (@WeiyanChee) March 18, 2016
Does this degree make me look fat? #A4Waist pic.twitter.com/aGSsKuNpqQ
— Ruth Walker (@RuthlessOnFilm) March 19, 2016
So apparently the latest challenge is to see if you have an #A4Waist. ? The results are conclusive. Sideways maybe. pic.twitter.com/kMxU6nqGJg
— Britt Whyatt (@shewhobakes1) March 19, 2016
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