Lucky I have my last Dr apt today so I am booking my flight tonight!! Eeek! Actually going to miss the heat, but I am looking forward to being able to take a nice stroll through the woods near my sisters place. That will be my exercise at home instead of a dip in the pool!
They don't sling carry so much here (although the indian tribes may). But in the general population women are confident of their bodies. You see women who wear bikinis, or tight clothing in their 50's & 60's. Size is not an issue, they really don't care about their size. They do do glamour very well though, all high heels and jewellery (think jlo). Here a big bottom is something to be prized (you can buy jeans with padding on the bottom if it isn't big enough). It really changes how you view ageing and body image. I am the antithesis of what most guys look for here. Far too skinny and flat chested!!
The men....well that is a different issue, very macho. They think it is their right to cat call you and comment on how much they would like to do things to you (quite explicitly sometimes). There is actually a movement here to try and stop it as it has gone from polite compliments 80 years ago to crude remarks now, usually called from cars and building sites at volume! Pregnancy seems to have saved me from this, in pregnancy they are all courtesy and helpfulness! Bizarre!!