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Skinny shaming, fat shaming, all types of body shaming have become just too prevalent. And it's not good enough.
Body shaming can take a few different forms:
a) Criticizing your own appearance either by comparison or judgement i.e. 'I'm so fat compared to her,' or 'my boobs aren't big enough'.
b) Criticizing another person's appearance behind their back or without their knowledge i.e. 'Did you see what she’s wearing today?' or 'At least you don’t look like her'.
c) Criticizing another person's appearance to their face i.e. 'You'll never find a date with those thunder thighs'.
Whatever shape or form body shaming takes, it still pertains back to the idea of judging people based on their physical looks.
Body shaming yourself or other people leads to shame, embarrassment, and in extreme cases, eventually to self-hate.
We need to practice self love instead! And once we achieve this, then we can share this with other people who need it as well.
Here are some tips for body positivity:
1. Own your flaws!
No one, NO ONE is perfect, so instead of working so hard to fix your flaws, make peace with them and own them.
2. Find your strengths!
Work out what you love about you, and play to them!
3. Don’t give yourself an ultimatum!
Love your body now, not 'after I can run 10 km' or 'after I lose 15 kg'. This kind of thinking is what traps you into body negativity to begin with.
4. Accepting you're not the person for everyone.
Not everyone's going to be attracted to you, just as you're not going to be attracted to everyone either. You're not going to be able to please everyone.
5. There will be people who like you as you are.
Spend your time and attention on positive people who make you feel good and don't encourage you to be someone you're not.
6. There will always be someone more beautiful than you.
However, this doesn't mean you should put them on a pedestal and automatically assume that their life is perfect, because chances are, it's not. At the end of the day, it's a waste of time wishing for someone else's life.
7. Understanding the different types of beauty.
An important way to move past body shaming is to understand that there are two kinds of beauty; one that goes skin deep and the other being inner beauty. It sounds cliche, but the sooner you work out which is more important to you, the better off you'll be.
I'd also like to say, that while women are the majority that suffer from body image issues, men also face this struggle, and I think this is something that gets overlooked a lot. While the figures and stats may show that women suffer more, this doesn't mean it's gender specific.
(and wondermen too!)
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This myTake is great! Yes, you were right about this issue not being gender specific. Wish more people would realize that.
Thank you!! :)
Yeah I know right, people just assume guys don't have this issue, when they do too. Really bugs me.
Yes, preach! Beautifully written mytake by the way.
Thank you! :)
''Body positivity'' can be bad too.
In what ways?
False confidence.
Confidence is a feeling and a state of mind... don't really see how it can be false.
You can think of yourself as being better then you actually are. So you put yourself into positions and around people who want nothing to do with you because of your body, But, Your false confidence dosent let you realise that.