A Call To Stop Body Shaming!!!
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Why do people find it okay to comment negatively on someone who is bigger as opposed to someone who is thinner?
Turn on the TV, what do you hear? Body shaming.
Keep watching for few hours…what do you see? Lingerie commercials convincing you only thin women look like angels.
Somewhere right now as you read this, someone is making fun of another person for been too skinny, too tall, too busty or, even hairy.
Sadly, this has to stop...
We all know body shaming is bad and disgracing (at least by now, we should know). Body shaming has become a serious issue in our society. It is defined by Oxford dictionaries as;
the action or practice of humiliating someone by making mocking or critical comments about their body shape or size.
It is becoming well known recently because we are obsessed with appearances. We create these standards that we need to live up to and after that make fun of those same standards when we realize that they are impossible to achieve. We have classified ourselves into different categories based on the way we look. It’s slim against fat, short against tall, curvy against straight and it isn’t right.
Most of us don’t understand the effect of body shaming a person. It crushes the self-esteem and confidence of a person, instead of walking tall you admire the floor because you are trying to avoid people, you try your best so you don’t get noticed, you feel disgusting instead of feeling beautiful.
A past filled with been teased based on weight or size can contribute to dietary disorders. It turns into unhealthy habits, for example intense dieting or unnecessary and excessive exercise. It turns into forced fingers down your throat or not eating at all. But it isn't just one sided; thin people also feel the impacts of body shaming. When you tell a young lady that "guys prefer a curvy woman" so they feel inferior compared to the thicker ladies is similarly as awful as telling a lady that she is fat.
People of all sizes spend time inspecting their bodies in their mirror, picking at their imperfections and hating the way they look. Making someone to feel bad about the way they look, when it is already hard to be comfortable in their skin, is the worst thing that you can do to a person. It influences someone to feel unlovable. It draws a line between the worthy and the unworthy. People who count and the ones who don’t count. The adorable and the unlovable. It causes insecurities that they can’t love themselves let alone expect another person to love them. That is something we shouldn’t wish, or cause, upon anybody.
We need to stop tearing people down in light of the fact that they don’t fit the standard that we made in the first place. We likewise need to stop judging people based on the way they appear, don’t make external appearance a “goodness” or “badness” of human character. We need to accept ourselves the way we are and also encourage each other instead of cutting each other down.
Regardless of whether we are curvy or not, thick or thin we are all perfect. We were all made to be different, and we have to figure out how to love those differences.
In God's words;
“You are beautiful in every way, my friend, there is no flaw in you!”
[Song of Songs 4:7]
This is how God sees you!
These are God’s very words to you.
Is there any greater compliment?
Thank You for reading...!
Spread good vibes...!!
Yes. Its depressing if someone body shames you.
Yes... That's why it needs to be stopped! ... Thank u
You got a 2.91% upvote from @upmewhale courtesy of @shuta!
You are so right, @shuta! It's not the outside that matters, it is the person on the inside.
This goes both ways. A beautiful body does not mean the person is automatically someone who is pleasant to be around.
I once overheard a man saying, "My wife isn't pretty; she just looks that way." He was saying this because she was selfish, self-centered, critical and miserable to live with.
English language skills improvement (or maybe it is just a typing error):
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Thank you very much @mitneb
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It's an honour for it to be featured in your Curation trail project.
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