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Forget Thigh Gaps, Now It's All About The Thighbrow

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Forget Thigh Gaps, Now It's All About The Thighbrow
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Thighbrows?

The internet's general consensus seems to be that the term first appeared in an Elle article this past week. When I first saw it, I had some questions. Mainly:

The thighbrow has come to be defined as the roll of skin separating your thigh from your pelvis and butt that appears when you sit or kneel. Whatever that means. Allow Khloé Kardashian and Kendall Jenner (above) and Beyoncé

to demonstrate.

Yes, someone actually took it upon themselves to give a totally unnecessary name to this random body normality. The thighbrow is supposedly replacing the illustrious thigh gap as the new "body obsession," because it's totally appropriate to be obsessing over any part of other women's bodies. The recent popularity of Kardashian-Jenner approved high-cut bathing suit bottoms has brought the leg lines more attention.

To its credit, the thighbrow is actually something most women have. Having some fat on the top of your legs is extremely common, but some might still be insecure about it. So if giving this part of your body a name helps you embrace yourself as you are, and that's awesome.

But it's mostly ridiculous. Sure, it's more realistic for the general population than the thigh gap, but why are we telling women what they should strive to look like? Even calling thighbrows more "normal" than thigh gaps is problematic. Some women are naturally quite thin and don't have the body fat that the thighbrow involves. No matter what Meghan Trainor says, being thin can be just as normal and healthy as being curvy.

To wrap this all up—do you have small thighbrows? Great. Do you have prominent thighbrows? Awesome. Do you have a thigh gap? Wonderful. Are you embracing your body as it is? You're flawless.

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