Have you even encountered with Body Shaming? Have u ever faced Body Shaming? Learn what is it in our article. Kailasha Foundation has brought this article on body shaming for you.
Body Shaming?
Expressing mockery or criticism about a person’s body shape or size? Well, we all know the dictionary meaning but, what is It? It is everywhere. Have you ever thought about how often we are told to change our appearance and hide our imperfections, how constantly we are forced to follow the set rules of our society of a “perfect body?” It is actually a vicious cycle of judgment and criticism which actually nobody can escape. Society doesn’t just find humor in degrading a woman’s body; they also find humor in degrading a man’s body. Body shaming has become a problem for both genders.
Body shaming, while common in both genders, is especially harmful to women. Body shaming is causing teens nowadays to be insecure. Shutting out anyone with a different body type than them is not okay. Nobody chooses the body they have. Everyone is born into that body without a choice. If someone is healthy then it should not matter what they look like to anyone but their own.
Why is body-shaming so common?
In some ways, it feels easier to shoot for something that will hurt, like targeting physical appearance, rather than expressing what is really going on emotionally. Saying, “I’m really hurt by how my friend treated me,” or “I’m terrified of losing this friendship” opens us up and makes us more vulnerable, and therefore feels easier to bury underneath the body-shaming comments that rush to mind.
What is a “perfect body”?
Magazines put the spotlight on thin girls, and for the most part, cancel out girls that are not a size 0. This is to make a picture of the “perfect body”. That is not realistic. Society has created this image that the “perfect body” is a body someone must have or he/she is shut out, meaning people see their body negatively. If people learn that everybody is human on the inside, then they will realize that they are human on the outside and they will stop judging other people’s bodies.
How do we challenge this?
Expressing true feelings rather than physical criticisms can be a great first step. Identify who in your life is body-positive – or even body-neutral, Confront those who perpetuate body-shaming, Find something (or things!) you LIKE about your body.
There’s an insidious epidemic in our midst. It’s in boardrooms, coffee shops, parks, classrooms, fitness classes, spas, and living rooms on every continent. It’s the cause of depression, low self-esteem, and feelings of isolation at record levels—and women are especially susceptible. The problem isn’t the food. The problem is that we’ve been taught that how we look is more important than who we are or even what we do.
Women especially seem to have an obsession, a preoccupation, with talking about food, diets, and rules around what we can, should, and shouldn’t have.
The natural vernacular is “I need to change myself in order to be OK.”
Many of us feel broken, so we try to fix an internal problem with an external solution. That’s impossible. We can only fix the problem of disliking ourselves by working on the problem itself—not the symptoms. The solution is internal.
It’s no wonder we struggle to feel confident in so many areas of our lives—our bodies, our relationships, our intelligence, our contributions to the world. It’s frustrating and stifling to feel like your voice doesn’t matter like you don’t measure up to arbitrary and ever-changing standards, or like everyone else’s preferences and needs come before yours.
Stop judging yourself if you gain a little weight. You are human, and your worth is not dependent on the number you see on the scale.
Women who confide in other women, please stop feeling bad for eating food. Please stop judging yourself for the way you look.
And to you, dear reader, please stop mentally picking yourself apart. Look in the mirror and celebrate your uniqueness. You are beautiful and enough, just as you are.
SOURCE:
https://www.girlsgonestrong.com/blog/confidence/confidence-vanity/
https://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-25146/the-body-shaming-behavior-we-all-need-to-stop.html
http://www.teenink.com/opinion/social_issues_civics/article/839233/Body-Shaming/
https://www.waldeneatingdisorders.com/body-shaming-what-is-it-why-do-we-do-it/
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