As a straight woman not planning to marry in the immediate future, I will still benefit if gay marriage becomes legal in California, because the state will become a better place to live overall, for everybody. Even though I, personally, am not gay and am not currently into marriage (so both the gay part and the marriage part is irrelevant to me as an individual person), it is just nice to know that more people are accepted, receive equal rights, and all the rest of that.

Similarly, the acceptance of extreme thinness is a step forward from the older standard that only accepted figures that are more or less like mine (until a few years ago) - no thinner, no fatter.

Now - very thin,- thin, -regular shape are all OK. So this progress that has so far led to the acceptance of extreme thinness eventually will lead to the acceptance of bigger bodies as well.

So it is a good thing, not a bad thing, in the grand scheme of things. Just wait a bit more. Hopefully in our lifetime.