The Issue of Body Shaming

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ThePlumpJournal Body Shaming Issue

Often times, the media bombards us with images of perfect bodies of actresses, models and even the social media wasn't a big help to the body positive community by using hashtags that goes like #PerfectBeachBody showing bikini clad ladies that looks like Victoria's Angels.

Another thing that somehow bother me are the #PostBabyBody being posted that has nothing to do with having a baby and being fit and healthy after giving birth, or any other issues that surrounds or experienced by new moms, the netizen's are even posting their own take - both good and bad - on this body issues.

What's worst is that this is not just women related issues, even men experience body shaming.

This images and comments hurts not only the body positive community, but what's more bothering is that the younger generation is thinking that those images indeed are the ideal one's when the fact is, it's not actually about having that perfect body but more of being fit and healthy, be it if your on the heavier side, average side, normal side, well let's not categorize this, it's just you no matter what size you are in.

Recently, the news about athletes and models body shaming fellow athletes and models scatter throughout the social media and I was like, why do you have to do that? Do you know what she's been through, or what she's currently experiencing about her body? She's having a war within herself, and there you are with that thick-skin you are in, body shaming her on social media where everything is open to everyone?

If those influential people who we look up to does that kind of thing to another famous person, how would you react? Well apparently, netizen's are posting their own body shaming comments, and very few would say a good thing. That's how sad the society we currently live in is.

Is being above average really that bad, and what is average, do we really need a label? You know, being thin doesn't mean your healthy, and being fat doesn't mean your unhealthy and if being fit and healthy means extreme dieting methods, spending 23 hours in a gym and protruding rib cages, no thank you, I'd rather be Fat Amy, if you know what I mean.

Do you still remember your new year's resolution to enter a fitness club, maybe lose a few pounds in a few months just for the heck of having that #PerfectBeachBody for the summer? How many of those who pledge on doing this can you still in the gym? Maybe half, worst case scenario 90% of those who signed up no longer show's up, the reason is simple, the motivation is too shallow.

How many kids are suffering anorexia without them fully understanding what's going on? The pressure the society give's when it comes to that image of #PerfectBody is too much of a burden to those kids. It's like if you are not skinny then you don't fit anywhere, you don't belong, you're being the laughing stock, being bullied by the skinny kids, their self-esteem gets affected, they would no longer want to attend school, they'll be unsocial, and the worst case, the suicide option.

Allow me to remind you again that the perfect body is not based on a fashion model's body, or how big your boobs is, or how plump your butt is. The perfect body is the the kind of body that can handle the societies pressure, a body who doesn't give a fuck to whatever you say.

So please stop body shaming, fat or thin, we all have a war within ourselves. Embrace what God gave you.

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