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    Body shaming has become normalized worldwide and refers to criticizing one's own or another's body, which can seriously impact well-being and even lead to eating disorders or suicide. It goes beyond fat or skinny shaming to include criticism of heights or physiques. While unintended, any comments on someone's body should be avoided. Body shaming is based on unrealistic beauty standards and fuels multi-billion dollar industries by convincing people they have a problem in order to sell solutions. However, shaming does not motivate but instead discourages through feelings of shame. True change comes through self-acceptance, support for others, and media promoting realistic body images.

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    Body shaming has become normalized worldwide and refers to criticizing one's own or another's body, which can seriously impact well-being and even lead to eating disorders or suicide. It goes beyond fat or skinny shaming to include criticism of heights or physiques. While unintended, any comments on someone's body should be avoided. Body shaming is based on unrealistic beauty standards and fuels multi-billion dollar industries by convincing people they have a problem in order to sell solutions. However, shaming does not motivate but instead discourages through feelings of shame. True change comes through self-acceptance, support for others, and media promoting realistic body images.

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    Body shaming has become normalized worldwide and refers to criticizing one's own or another's body, which can seriously impact well-being and even lead to eating disorders or suicide. It goes beyond fat or skinny shaming to include criticism of heights or physiques. While unintended, any comments on someone's body should be avoided. Body shaming is based on unrealistic beauty standards and fuels multi-billion dollar industries by convincing people they have a problem in order to sell solutions. However, shaming does not motivate but instead discourages through feelings of shame. True change comes through self-acceptance, support for others, and media promoting realistic body images.

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    Body shaming has become normalized worldwide and refers to criticizing one's own or another's body, which can seriously impact well-being and even lead to eating disorders or suicide. It goes beyond fat or skinny shaming to include criticism of heights or physiques. While unintended, any comments on someone's body should be avoided. Body shaming is based on unrealistic beauty standards and fuels multi-billion dollar industries by convincing people they have a problem in order to sell solutions. However, shaming does not motivate but instead discourages through feelings of shame. True change comes through self-acceptance, support for others, and media promoting realistic body images.

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    Body Shaming

    “Ew she’s too skinny”


    “Ew he’s too fat”
    “You would be a knockout if you lost weight”
    “Are you really going to eat all of that”
    “There is no way that it is going to fit you”

    Body shaming has become a social norm all over the world including the Philippines.
    Now, what is body shaming? Body shaming is the act of criticizing your own body, of
    another person’s body in front of them or behind their back. Whether we know it or
    not, Body shaming kills the same way cancer does. And most of the time, people do
    not realize that it could strongly affect the well being of an individual. In a lot of
    cases, it leads to problems like eating disorders or suicide. Body shaming goes beyond
    the basic forms like fat shaming or skinny shaming. People could also be shame for
    their heights or be criticized that they aren’t beautiful for the physique they have. But
    no matter the forms, body shaming is unacceptable. On behalf of the victims of bod y
    shaming, I want you to know if you haven’t already that it is not okay to joke around
    about the person’s body. It doesn’t matter if the statements are intentional or not. A
    person’s body figure, should never be a conversation starter. You should never start a
    conversation to a friend of whom you haven’t met for a long time. By saying “Hey,
    long time no see! WOW! You put on some weight” or “God you’re still as skinny as a
    stick. I can see your bones, you need to eat a lot more”. These simple words that
    actually have the power to kill.

    Most of us are potential victims of “body shaming”. The widespread phenomenon of


    receiving cruel feedback when our bodies don’t meet the unrealistic beauty standards
    of our time. We spend our time lost in self-critical thoughts, despising our body and
    comparing ourselves unfavorably to others. Body shaming is based on the belief that
    slimmer is better, fat is bad. This belief fuels the multi-billion dollar weight loss,
    beauty, and cosmetic surgery industries.  The best way to market something is to
    convince people they have a problem, then sell them the answer. Sadly, we have all
    become a body haters now. We use Instagram filters or any kind of filters to make our
    photos look better. We take dozens of selfies to find the best one and starts dieting.
    We also want to lose a few kilos for summer. We buy trashy magazines that belittle
    celebrities on the cover, then sell us their “dramatic weight loss secrets” on page two.

    Body shaming sells us the lie that by shaming ourselves, we will feel motivated to
    take action, lose weight, gain weight and be better. What happens in reality is the
    exact opposite; the feelings of shame drive us to give up in stuff it moment of
    hopelessness. We should not be body shaming. Instead we should be motivating,
    encouraging, and supporting each other. Body shaming is an issue that will not be
    solved unless everyone learns how to accept their own body, and until magazine stop
    perpetuating this myth of a perfect body.

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