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Posted on 09-23-2007 at 11:30am
A joint statement
Filed Under (Fashion & Style, Relationships) by John Carney on 09-23-2007

Women sometimes blame men for the fact that they have to spend so much on clothing, makeup and cosmetics. If we weren’t such neanderthals, obsessed with appearance over personality, they wouldn’t have to work so hard to meet our impossible expectations.

No doubt there’s truth to that. I’m as swayed by appearance as any other guy. But there are some things I will not be blamed for. I have never, ever judged a woman, positively or negatively, based on the size of her ankles. Ladies, if you are obsessed with your ankles it is your problem, not mine.

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Comments

brittney on 23 September, 2007 at 11:35 am #

Haha. For the record I am not obsessed with my ankles, but I think about what flatters my bum and what color goes best with my skin. Why not also think about why best flatters your ankles? It’s just not something anyone ever talks about.

Also, I just find the word “cankles” endlessly amusing. I was so glad there was finally a word for it.


Jeffraham Prestonian on 23 September, 2007 at 11:45 am #

How many cute points will Nashville lose when she’s gone?
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newscoma on 23 September, 2007 at 12:05 pm #

Oh, I have cankles for days.
And they are FANTASTIC.


Katie on 23 September, 2007 at 12:44 pm #

I have cankles too…but I don’t care anymore. Why didn’t I like my body until I was 26?

Young and thin: horribly self-conscious. Older and fatter: I’m totally hot!


MissSharonCobb on 23 September, 2007 at 3:41 pm #

Katie!
“Young and thin: horribly self-conscious. Older and fatter: I’m totally hot!”

I love it! Totally relate.


Liz on 23 September, 2007 at 8:53 pm #

I can’t tell if mine are cankles. I don’t like them particularly, but I’m not sure if they’re quite cankles.


Kate O' on 1 October, 2007 at 5:48 am #

I’m behind, but I wanted to point out that if at least some men didn’t care about cankles (and every other possible aspect of women about which to be critical), the term wouldn’t have shown up in the movie “Shallow Hal” — a movie that was written by three men. Just sayin’.