France banned skinny models
The French government is going to seriously address the well-being of the fairer sex. To achieve the desired result it was proposed to amend the health care reform that will forbid to work extremely skinny models.
The new law is intended to protect from anorexia not only models, but equal to them women.
Adept French National Assembly of the Socialist party Olivier Veran initiated the law, according to which models with low body mass index forbidden to work in the fashion industry. Veran believes that the fashion for excessive thinness and "glorification of anorexia" adversely affect the health of the nation, The Local reports. "Commercially unacceptable to exploit the theme of malnutrition with the help of the inhabitants of our planet, which endanger their health," he said.
Politician insists on making amendments to the reform of health Marisol Touraine, which has already caused multiple disputes and protests by French doctors. Veran offered at the device to take the job models with help on how much they weigh. Employers who hired a young woman with missing weight, will face a fine of $ 75 thousand euros and six months in prison.
In addition politician wants to ban Internet sites that promote thinness and provoke young women too lose weight. Veran has announced that from anorexia in France suffer 40% of the population, most of which are teenagers.
The fashion for extreme thinness came into fashion in the 60-ies of the last century. But the last few years due to progressive deaths of famous models from anorexia in the fashion industry is slowly beginning to change the stereotypes of beauty. For example, in 2013 in Italy, Spain and Israel have been made laws against extremely skinny models on the catwalks and in marketing campaigns.
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