discuss How do you feel when someone body shames you?

[Heatman]

I see a lot of people being very comfortable with body shaming others on social media platforms. It's why some people either lock their profile from public access or they don't or hardly upload any of their pictures online.

It's worse when it's someone's partner in a relationship that body shames them. A married friend of mine complained about how her husband used to body shame her because of how her body have been lose after child bearing. It makes me think some men are very stupid.

How do you feel when someone body shames you?

 

[Shawn]

I'm a local "influencer" on social media. 99% of my followers love me. 1% hates me and body shames me every chance they get.

I'm going to be honest - it doesn't bother me. I look at everything with a psychological approach. When someone does something negative, there is a reason why they're doing it. When someone does something positive, again, there is a reason for it. It's all psychological.

Once you start looking at stuff like that, it becomes easier to not get offended by someone calling you names. Something happened to that person at some point for them to behave in that manner. Something probably bad.

 

[Reelz]

To me, body shaming is completely unacceptable. Every human being has the right to prevent themselves from both physical and mental harm regarding their body shape. Creating a body-positive culture becomes vital because body shaming activates severe mental health problems and it can destroy one's self-esteem.

 

[lens]

I have seen a couple of people speak badly of others because of their body shape. That could lead to an emotional abuse and yet some individuals today derive joy in negative comments on the physical characteristics of others.

Each person possesses their distinctive shape and there is need to fully accept and respecting their differences
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[Ja sa bong]

I've never seen any human being who's 100% perfect. If you body shame me, I will make sure to find something in your own body whichever I'm going to return the back the favor of body shaming the person too.

 

[Shortie]

It used to bother me many years ago when I would get body shamed, I felt like it would happen a lot and even online it still seems to be quite bad and I am always seeing someone putting someone else down and body shaming, it's sad to see.

Nowadays, if I get body shamed I have learned to take it, not let it bother me and move on, usually those who have body shamed me in the past, I have never seen them again so whatever their opinion was when they said it, is no longer valid anymore.

 

[Yama]

This has not happened to me on my face and I never had to deal with people who body shamed me. I cannot control people or fight people for body shaming me behind my back.

 

[Shawn]

Typically, when someone shames you about the way you look, it's usually because they're not confident about their own looks and they're taking it out on others.

Usually, the body shamer is psychologically broken from being shamed themselves.

 

[Jason]

People body shame because they don't like the person for other reasons. That seems to be the case, usually.

And lots of strange people aren't a big deal in society once you get to know them. For instance, I had a college biology professor whose voice was strange due to disability, but we got used to the voice over time.

 

[Zani]

People body shame because they don't like the person for other reasons. That seems to be the case, usually.

And lots of strange people aren't a big deal in society once you get to know them. For instance, I had a college biology professor whose voice was strange due to disability, but we got used to the voice over time.

It is about getting value from that person. This is the reason I can never support anyone trying to body shame another person for whatever reason at all.