Body Shaming
My speech is about Body-Shaming. I chosed the topic because i think that it is
importent to talk about it.
Did you ever stop and think about how often we are told to change our appearance?
Magazines constantly offer tips about how to lose weight “in days,” appear slimmer
“instantly,” and hide our “imperfections”… without actually knowing anything about
us, much less our appearance. This is one example of body-shaming, and it is
everywhere. It has become the norm to criticize aspects of our bodies as some type
of bonding experience with friends – if we all hate our bodies; it somehow makes us
feel connected and united. Body-shaming can lead to a vicious cycle of judgment
and criticism. Messages from the media and from each other often imply that we
should want to change, that we should care about looking slimmer, smaller, and
tanner. And if we don’t, we worry that we are at risk of being the target of someone
else’s body-shaming comm...
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