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@sekoumou74 That’s literally what internalized misogyny is. “Internalized oppression” refers to prejudiced ideas people learn to have against their own group. Or to quote the Wikipedia definition: “Internalized” misogyny has nothing to do with whether an idea is a stereotype or “false,” it has...

@lapinot Just my 2 cents as a med student since your post says you are looking for input - not sure how much muscle a person can have while maintaining a BMI of 18.5, which is the lowest end of the healthy range (lower than many docs I’ve worked with are comfortable with their patients being)...

@matthewwri Her goal weight is 95-98. That’s the low end for a person who’s 5’0”.

@skewpoint Being thin and being purposely on the razor edge of underweight are not the same. Signed, A lifelong thin person

@mtbking30 Well yeah, because it’s usually obvious? People who lift generally want higher muscle mass. People who are losing weight from the higher end have to do more and more work as they get into the healthy range and the benefits of decreasing within the healthy range are likely not worth it.

@simmondsjames Not really, their accuracy is spurious in general, but as another commenter mentioned OP’s change in results is within the margin of error. So, we cannot confidently say there was any change based on the results of the scan. But also, these numbers have no utility for most people...