This generation approaches their body in a very different way. A lot of negativity goes around about bodies but do we release how we are harming ourselves by this negativity? This negativity makes people’s confidence get buried in the ground but honestly is it worth it?
If a person is slim they are skinny and if they are fat they are obese. Why do we expect everyone to be the perfect weight and height? If one is “skinny” they are told to eat and if they are “obese” they are supposed to stop eating? Why? Is it really necessary to even think about this? I understand that normally people say this so that this weight doesn’t end up becoming a problem for us. By problem I do not mean “ What will others think of me?” I mean the serious health ailments that might occur because of the weight. The person saying something might have pure intentions, maybe just caring about your health but we tend to see it as negativity. Maybe it’s time we start seeing this concern.
The problem arises when this concern turns into insults which can be harmful for a person's mental health. Insults like “ You are so fat, go do a workout” or “ Hey, why don’t you get a snack instead of that water?” or “ do you really want to eat that?” These hurt people and some of us do not even realise how this one sentence can affect the other person's mental and physical well being.
Another thing I have noticed is that people only count it as body shaming when others call people fat but body shaming is not only being called fat it could be anything related to your body. It could be the person’s height too. Even being called skinny can sometimes affect a person and is counted as body shaming.It could also be about someone's skin colour Of course there has been improvement over the years but there is still a lot of scope for improvement. It’s not a joke to insult someone about their body. Also, some people believe that only girls are body shamed. Why? Boys are body shamed too and they also feel insulted. Some of us might take these insults as a joke and not get affected by these comments but a larger sum of us do not like these insults.
We need to start accepting everyone irrespective of their height or weight. Their personality could be the most shining one yet but it gets disturbed by the comments of society. We need to accept and embrace ourselves for who we are. We were born to love and it's high time we love our body and ourselves. All sizes are beautiful and it does not matter what others think, what matters is what you think. What matters is that you go everywhere with a genuine smile on your face and not worry about these comments and insults.
Let us be the change. : )
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