Jordi, from the United States, revealed on social media that she takes a number of steps to prepare a potential date for the fact that she is not skinny. The comments section has been flooded with a heartbreaking amount of other women who have revealed that they do the same.
"It takes away the desire, because instead of matching someone because she's cute, because he likes to talk to her and focus on that, so we both focus on my appearance instead," said Jordi. "Weight stigma is very real in our society, stemming from unrealistic standards of beauty," said Helen Bird, director of education services at the Butterfly Foundation. "We need to shift to one that is more accepting and welcomes diversity," said Samantha Jane Jane, founder of the Samantha Jane Foundation. It's important that people like Jordi focus on what kind of person they want to meet, instead of whether the Internet will judge them, said Jane Jane. The most common way for people to meet these days is through dating apps like Tinder, Hinge, and Bumble.