Effects of body shaming

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Body shaming is when one’s body is being talked about negatively or constantly reminding someone of how their body doesn’t fit to one particular perfect body standard . Body shaming is very common between slim and plus size people .

The society have made people feel like you need to have a particular body standard like having flat tummy and big back side . The society wants all women or men to look a particular way especially for the women . In the process of finding way to get that Perfect body type some end up loosing their life because they are to eager , the end up with unprofessional doctors that may cost them their lives . The society has pressured women to surgeries and several other things just to get a perfect body . I wish we can all just embrace our look and just realize how beautiful our body is regardless of our body time and even our skin color .

When I was younger even until now I have been body shamed because of slim I’m I have heard family members and even friends say something ‘’like don’t you eat ‘’ why are you so slim some will even go further to tell how my little cousins are now way chubby than I am . Whenever I hear things like that I just ignore them if I want to react I wonder how many people I have to confront or speak my mind too . I really do not know why people don’t understand that a lot people they body Shane don’t have control over their body no matter how much they eat including people who are trying to loose weight.

Something really funny happened the beginning of this year. There’s particular girl in my church we’re really cool acquaintance and we’re so cordial. One Sunday I wore v neck shape dress to church I think the dress really look so pretty and it really suits my body and obviously my chest was showing but it wasn’t revealing . After the hymn I was ready to sit down and then this acquaintance said to me ‘’Funke you’re done with uni why are you still very skinny ,you need to start eating ooh ‘’ i was so shocked 😂. Then I told her you are also very slim too and why is she body shaming me . Then she went further to say she’s using supplements to add weight and she proceeds to claim she wasn’t body shaming me . Immediately she made that statement i warned her never to say such thing to me again . After our whole conversation, after church this girl started acting up towards me I was really surprised because for it was just me expressing myself .prior to that she had made a silly comment to me and I ignored but this particular thing she said to me really hurt me more among all the bad things she have said to me .
The whole situation made me think if people know what body shaming is and its effects . Because tell me why you’re slim and you’re pointing out how slim somebody is. One thing I have observed is that people put their insecurities to other people I guess she isn’t very confident about her body and she is trying so much to make people feel like their body isn’t perfect just like the way she sees her body . I think if she’s okay with her body she won’t have to start buying supplements just to add weight .

For someone who has been body shame since I was little I’m not so surprised but at the same time I’m a bit surprised . body shaming in 2025? I thought we are all grown up. I think they should be more awareness about body the shaming and it’s effects to do society because people do not know the effects it does to people mentally aside from the mental aspects it affects peoples self confidence and it can always lead people to depression.

The world is already a difficult place the least we can do to help one another is to accept people the way they are regardless of their body type , color and race .

Thank you’ll for reading , see you’ll in my next post💕💕