Women are showing off this body part online with pride

We all have it, and it has nothing to do with weight or body type… it’s actually our skeleton.

Instagram fads come and go, everything from the thighbrow crease to the watermelon dress… we’ve seen it all. Well, there’s a new hashtag that’s promoting body confidence amongst women and we love it!

The ‘hip dip’ is a part of the anatomy that personal trainers are constantly saying women want to banish. The fact is, it actually has nothing to do with how big or small or how narrow or wide your hips are. It’s bone structure, men and women both have these dips and they just happen to be a little more prevalent in women.

The good news is, people are beginning to embrace their hip dips and are now flaunting them confidently online, which we love to see.

Lately on my dash I’ve seen lots of posts about hip dips. I just want to let you know that they’re normal! It’s part of our anatomy, and on some is more noticeable than others. It all depends on your body type, muscle, and fat distribution. 
In case you didn’t know, the femurs connect to the pelvis. Wow! Reference the 2nd picture if this is confusing!
That is exactly what a “hip dip” is. The space on the sides between the top of your pelvis and your femurs. You get a hip dip from being born with a skeleton. Incredible. Everyone has one, but sometimes it’s not as noticeable. Men and women have it, but it’s more noticable on women because our hips are usually more pronounced. Like I said earlier, it’s about fat and muscle distribution, as well as your own unique skeletal structure and shape. It’s often more visible on those with wide, high-set hips. Some women have it more noticeable, some don’t, but it doesn’t mean it’s not there. Everyone ? has ? them ? Seriously, you’ll have one as long as you keep your skeleton. Can they be decreased in appearance by losing excess fat? Sure, to an extent. But guess what? I had quite pronounced ones even at my leanest, when I carried so little fat that I stopped getting my period (this was unhealthy, I know). Hip dips are NOT the same as a muffin top. Sometimes they can create a similar appearance in clothing, but it’s not!!! The same!! Thing!!! I’ve also seen people saying that hip dips can be filled out by working on your gluteus medius. That could be true for some people to a certain extent, but unless your hip dips are already barely visible, it’s absolutely fucking ridiculous to think they’ll be significantly filled out by growing a part of your glute. I know mine sure won’t. They’re too big, and that’s okay! But go throw your money at whatever booty builder program you want and see if I care. Honestly, the visibility of mine is my biggest insecurity. I don’t know why or at what point I was taught to hate them, but I was, and I’m working on unlearning it. It’s really helped me seeing other girls on here post about theirs and NORMALIZING it. So here are mine!

A post shared by Sophia Van Leeuwen (@oatsnsquats) on Jul 2, 2017 at 10:40pm PDT

A post shared by K I M F R E N C H ?? (@kimfrench87) on Jul 5, 2017 at 9:01am PDT

HIP DIPS— ? OH MY GOSH! I have them.. Media creating insecurities we didn’t know we had ?. If this is something you’ve been self conscious of for a while I am SO not knocking that! Please don’t think I’m being insensitive. I completely get insecurities, I DO. I’ve struggled with my image my entire life. It took SO long for me to be comfortable with ME. Self-love doesn’t come easy.. and in a world where the media is constantly pushing a certain image of “perfect” it does NOT help ✋?. However this is COMPLETELY and entirely NORMAL and natural. Some people’s hip dips are more prominent than others.. why? BONE STRUCTURE! Yes, you may be able to build up muscle to make them slightly less noticeable, why though? You will be working hard AF for minimal change because that’s the way you were MADE. Love yo’ self baby, you’re beautiful ?. #selflove #hipdips #fitnessjourney #bodypositive #fitspiration #fitfam #healthymind #weightlossjourney #fitness #mombod ##girlswhosquat #curves #loveyourself #fitmums

A post shared by Kelsey Crosson (@kcrossonfitness) on Jul 5, 2017 at 12:15pm PDT

Nicely done ladies.