In today's society, body shaming is such a normal everyday thing, and this really frustrates me because people are just becoming immune to it. Admittedly, 'fat' shaming is more prevalent within society, but recently 'skinny' shaming has been on the rise.
Daisy May xo
Mostly, I come across 'skinny shaming' online. This is often done through people making comments on social media such as: 'Only dogs eat bones', calling people names such as 'twiggy', telling someone to 'eat a cheeseburger'. If this were the other way round, and people were making comments such as 'only dogs eat meat', or outright calling people fat, there would be absolute outrage from society! , However, for some reason, this is not the case when an individual skinny shames. A lot of people turn a blind eye to it and ignore that comments were ever made and this is SO wrong. Surely if calling someone 'fat' and is classed as a 'hate crime'. then calling someone 'twiggy' or 'anorexic' should also be seen as one?
The main trigger for this post is because of something that happened to me today. It was around 22 degrees (which for the UK is a heatwave...) so I decided that I really was not comfortable walking around in jeans, and so put on a pair of floaty shorts. I felt extremely uncomfortable when I first walked out of my flat with bare legs but very quickly got over it, as it made the heat more bearable. Later on, I was waiting for a bus to take me back to uni, and a group of four young people (they looked around 19-20?) walked passed me and made some comments about my size. "Wow, she looks unhealthy"... "haha, maybe she's never heard of chocolate?"...."...or anything that isn't vegetables for that matter?". I have never felt so conscious of myself in my life. Immediately, I regretted wearing the shorts and started questioning why I ever thought it would be okay for me to wear them in the first place. If there hadn't have been four of them there I probably would have said something but I felt so small and belittled by their comments that I just let them pass.
What I'm trying to get at, is that 'Skinny Shaming' is just as hurtful as 'Fat Shaming' and neither should be taken any less seriously than the other. Some people have medical reasons for being underweight/overweight other than eating disorders!!
Sorry for the rant.
Just Keep Swimming,
Daisy May xo
People are idiots gal, you're beautiful regardless of any body size, don't let anyone make you think different xxxx
ReplyDeleteAgree. I'm skinny and I love all body sizes. I couldn't care less. Unless you judge me, then we going to have a problem....
ReplyDeleteI judge nobody! Hope you had a lovely Christmas Anon! :)
DeleteI'm 11 and already very self conscious about my body. I have been made fun of many times being called a twig, pencil, skin and bones, or being told that theres a thing called eating. I also once had a rumor spread about me that I was anorexic and was starving myself and it didnt calm down after about 4 months. It makes me sad that people don't realize skinny shaming is just as bad as fat shaming.
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