Why all this hate for Spanx? I have never tried them but since my teenage years I have been wearing control top tights and I am assuming they are similar.

Need I remind those who think that Spanx is stupid that for hundreds of years women have been forced to wear body controlling undergarments? The theory behind Spanx is the same one that drove millions of women throughout time to crush their ribs with corsettes in order to get an appealing shape. I am sure once they took off their corsettes their bodies didn't look as great.

So, everyone should stop acting like this Spanx is a whole new phenomena and that women shouldn't do it , because we have been doing it nearly since the beginning of time.