Body shaming. Have you ever been body shamed?

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Have you ever body shamed anyone?

4ngelic · Accepted Answer

Yea on weight, height, boob size, skin tone and hair type. Was lightly bullied as a tween & at some point in high school because I was fat and whenever my bmi goes over 22 or so, my dad and uncle chime in. I'm a bmi of 24 and my dad tells me I need to go on a diet whenever he sees me and gets mad if I eat a sweet. I've had a couple instances of people telling me, mostly as a teen, that my height (5'8/173cm) is too masculine and guys only like short girls, stuff like that, and my dad's family tells me to wear the flattest shoes possible to not look taller. I have small boobs, and in middle school i've had a couple comments. since i was a kid, i've had people telling i need to get a tan, since i'm ivory pale, even had older girls in like 2nd grade who well intentionally tried to get me to bake in the sun so I could get a boyfriend. For my hair, it's really just my dad but he thinks my hair is ugly because it's very wavy and not pin straight. He complains that i don't straighten my hair.

Like everyone I've obviously made bad comments about people's looks. Especially as a teen, I wasn't very nice.

FreyaRed · Accepted Answer

Not in usual meaning of this term when someone's physical deficits are used to belittle particular person, but attributes of my appearance were often used to describe my behavior and my personality.

I don't treat other people bad especially if I know they might have thin skin about their under average physical assets. I'm a killer not a sadist.

BadApple69 · Accepted Answer

All the time. I have a buddy at work that told me he was talking to a girl and she said she wouldn’t go out with him because he is “chubby”.
Now I use that line al the time. He will ask for my help with something and I’ll reply…. Sorry I can’t help you because you are chubby.

For all you out there that think I am mean…. I’m not. I have desensitized him from this word. It hurt him when this girl said it but now it doesn’t bother him at all.
Kind of like when the left call the right racist. It has been used so much that it no longer has the same meaning.

Smart_Monk · Accepted Answer

I think once. My closest friend in school said I'm thin like a girl when i was 10 years old. It was just days later that one of the teachers was making fun of him being fat. And the teacher himself was insecure about putting on weight.

Zack-Bann · Answer

I gave been.
Since I was 3 years old.

I lived in a very shallow and image-based culture.

Anything less than absolute perfection is failure.

It took me ages to accept compliments because of that.

I try not to shame anyone else but I also won’t lie to them either

Master_Debator · Answer

I've lived a long life... I've been shamed for being too fat, skinny, and muscular. I've been shamed for not having a big enough dick to having too big of a dick. I've been shamed for everything... anyone that whines about it needs to get over it already.

OneViewpoint · Answer

Have I ever been body shamed? No, I've always been in the top 10% fitness wise. 6'2", yada yada yada.

Have I ever body shamed an individual? No, what's the point. I can't change their behavior or their situation if they have health problems.

Do I see a lot of people making bad choices in eating healthy, fitness, alcohol, and drugs? Yes. Do I call it like I see it? Yes.

molonski2 · Answer

Never , never shamed..

Have I shamed others? No , but I see people everyday making some just horrendous choices , but they need to shame themselves into action , it's not up to me

3/4 of these so called " foods " should never be on thesrket , I've seen Thai people over 25 years , weaken. to the same stuff , which will cause cancers and shorten their lives

People need to self regulate , but they won't.

Anonymous · Answer

Yes everyday of my life.
I was 5.7" and 39kg, a walking stick.
A zombie, my skeleton visible.
My rib cage visible.
I was body shamed every damn day of my pathetic life., even now.
Even if I eat like an animal, I can't digest it.
Changing my diet and some protein shakes with a lot of fruit to add fiber in mix I gained nearly 20 kgs At 5.8"(173cm).
Now I stand 60kgs rn but due to living this life for nearly 17 years my bone density is stunted, even tho I gained muscles my bones (my basic foundation) is weak.
So I am 60 kgs but still look skinny 🤧 so I am still body shamed.

DonaldDarko · Answer

No I never pay much attention to how people look. Unless its some commie loser trying to push "fat acceptance" or other weird shit. Then I hit em with some dank memes. Take this fruit loop for instance.

emeraldsaphire · Answer

Not recently but back when I was a tween and early teen, I was slow to develop so some of the meaner girls in my school gave me grief about it. People think girls are all so sweet and nice, but we aren't we're a bunch of mean bitches XD

Natasha1995 · Answer

Body shaming, no. But I had a hard time growing up. I tried to conceal any shapes I had with baggy clothing.

ThaCuriousGuy007 · Answer

I dont understand the whole body shaming thing and hurting someones feelings for their physical appearance, if you have a critique about someone, keep it to yourself, but dont shame them to make you feel better. It just makes you an asshole

strateguy632 · Answer

before they called it shaming, before we lost free speech we were  allowed  to say what we felt when we saw fat people so i did. we will get freee speech back.

KostasKouvalis · Answer

Yeah. For my weight, face, long toenails, fingernails, body hair and for being uncircumsized. By parents, co-workers and so-called "friends" When I was younger, I have. I feel bad about it now.

ironsteelbirade · Answer

Hot take, body shaming is often good, and more often than not I have seen the person end up healthier. This is obviously about things the can control, not face or height.

CupcakeTheDestroyer · Answer

I body shame men a lot but only if they’re assholes first

Chazmatazz269 · Answer

Innumerable times, “body positivity” is exclusively for females.

DryGermanGuy · Answer

A very fat woman rammed me into the office furniture once. I retaliated verbally. 😬

Tomislav7 · Answer

Yeah I've been called gross disgusting ugly ew yuck you're not hot by plenty of women. I don't know if thats body shaming or just describing the world around you

jshm2 · Answer

Yeah, I was shamed for having firm hands. Then those hands sent them to hospital.

Jen_oic · Answer

Yes, before I got Breast implants I was so flat chested that I didn’t even look like a girl

andreasderjuengere · Answer

I am too 'skinny' ... once said a farmer's daughter. I took that as a compliment

TonyMetal___86 · Answer

I have been body shamed in the past but they regret it and i don't think that i have body shamed anyone...

genericname85 · Answer

yeah. no big deal. i don't have a victim complex.

Ariesman81Nshiiit · Answer

One chick said I had a nice dick once. Only once though.

Snakeyes7 · Answer

Both against me and I have body shamed. Body shaming is based actually. It might actually get people to do something about it.

RedInnocent69 · Answer

Only once when I was very young, but it affected me in ways I didn’t realize until many years later

KralArthur · Answer

Don’t remember much… I just got a belly and that’s how I get body shamed.. but I don’t body shame anyone ever

Still-alive · Answer

not really shamed but im sure i get overlooked because im not in the best shape ever lol

Pohjolan · Answer

Not really. I have been called fat but I deserved it at the time.

Anonymous · Answer

I think everybody has at least once. Some people can be perks.

Anonymous · Answer

As a teen-ager, yes, I said stupid things like that.

Grayson0320 · Answer

Yes, all throughout my schooling life and into my mid 20s

RavVid · Answer

Is not checking out obese women body shaming them?

Marissa4 · Answer

Yes for being to short.

Zionne · Answer

not said directly, so I turned it into motivation

Cidknee · Answer

Have I? So bad ill not share it here today.

Anonymous · Answer

Happens to all of us 😭😅

Anonymous · Answer

It happened a few times.

AgentG111 · Answer

Yes.

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