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Understanding Body Shaming: Causes & Solutions

Body shaming is defined as humiliating or criticizing someone about their body shape or size. It can take the form of fat shaming, skinny shaming, skin color shaming, or height shaming. Body shaming is caused by criticizing one's own or another's appearance and can negatively impact self-esteem and physical/mental health. Effects include low self-esteem, diseases, eating disorders, and negative improvements like excessive dieting or cosmetic surgery. Solutions include reminding oneself of self-worth beyond appearance, eliminating negative self-talk, defending others from criticism, and raising awareness of body diversity. The document concludes body shaming must be overcome as it can negatively impact lives, and no one has

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Understanding Body Shaming: Causes & Solutions

Body shaming is defined as humiliating or criticizing someone about their body shape or size. It can take the form of fat shaming, skinny shaming, skin color shaming, or height shaming. Body shaming is caused by criticizing one's own or another's appearance and can negatively impact self-esteem and physical/mental health. Effects include low self-esteem, diseases, eating disorders, and negative improvements like excessive dieting or cosmetic surgery. Solutions include reminding oneself of self-worth beyond appearance, eliminating negative self-talk, defending others from criticism, and raising awareness of body diversity. The document concludes body shaming must be overcome as it can negatively impact lives, and no one has

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BODY

SHAMING
by Lê Thị Như Quỳnh
CONTENTS OF THIS
TEMPLATE
01 02 03
Definition and Causes of body Effects of body
Types of body shaming shaming
shaming

04 05
Solution Conclusion
01. DEFINITION

What is body shaming ?


"The action or practice of
humiliating someone by mocking or
making critical comments about
their body shape or size"
KINDS OF BODY SHAMING

Fat shaming Skinny shaming

Skin color shaming


Height shaming
FAT SHAMING
"THE ACTION OF MOCKING
AND CRITICIZING OTHERS AND
JUDGING THEM TO BE FAT OR
OVERWEIGHT"
SKINNY SHAMING
"SKINNY SHAMING IS
MOCKING SOMEONE
BECAUSE THEY ARE
UNDERWEIGHT"
SKIN COLOR SHAMING
"THE ACTION OF
CRITICIZING SOMEONE
ON THE BASIS OF THEIR
SKIN COLOR"
HEIGHT SHAMING
"THE ACTION OF MOCKING
SOMEONE ON THE BASIS OF
THEIR HEIGHT
MEN ALSO FACE BODY SHAMING

• Similarly like women, men also face body shaming


but they tend to be more quieter about it.

• Mostly they are mocked due to lack of muscles or


not being handsome or hairiness issues etc.
02. CAUSE

CAUSE OF BODY SHAMING

Criticizing our own appe Criticizing another’s ap Criticizing another’s appear


arance pearance in front of the ance without their knowledg
e
m
03, EFFECT

EFFECT OF BODY SHAMING

1. LOW SELF ESTEEM

2. HEALTH

3. NEGATIVE “IMPROVEMENTS”
CRUSH SELF-ESTEEM AND CONFIDENCE
PHYSICAL HEALTH MENTAL HEALTH

• DISEASES AND ILLNESSES • PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES

• EATING DISORDERS • DEPRESSION AUTISM

• INSOMNIA • EMOTIONAL DISORDERS

• INFECTIONS
MAKE UP

LOSE WEIGHT

COMESTIC
SURGERY
04, SOLUTION

1 : REMIND YOURSELF OF YOUR


WORTH YOU'RE WORTH IS SO
MUCH MORE THAN YOUR BODY

2: ELIMINATE NEGATIVE SELF-


TALK AND PRACTICE POSITIVE
SELF-TALK!

3: IF YOU CAN DEFEND


YOURSELF OR OTHERS WHEN
CONFRONTED BY BODY-
SHAMING COMMENTS FROM
OTHERS, DO IT!

4: RAISE AWARENESS ON SHAPE


DIVERSITY AND TACKLE
WEIGHT STIGMAS IN SOCIETY!
05. CONCLUSION

CONCLUSIONS

BODY SHAMING ISSUE HAS TO BE


OVERCOME AS IT CAN AFFECT OUR LIVES.
WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOICE OUT OUR
FEELINGS BECAUSE NO ONE HAS THE
RIGHT TO JUDGE HARSHLY ABOUT
OTHERS APPEARANCE.
THANK YOU
TO SEE THIS PRESENTATION

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