Body Shaming,a Contemporary Matter

Oh, You have put on weight, your body is not in shape. You look fat in these clothes. You shouldn't wear such dresses. Your figure is getting broader. Your hairstyle making your face chubby. Why don't you hit the gym? No one will marry a fat girl, you must pity yourself. Why your tummy is bulging out... It doesn't end up here. If you are thin you will also be called skeleton, flimsy and you must start eating lest you tumble down and so on. People are not pleased in either way.

Materialistic social judgments:

 If you go to any gathering after a long time it is compulsory to hear remarks on your body. People will tell you how much weight either you lost or gain. In case of gaining weight, they start to penalize you with their pungent remarks as if it is their birthright. They reckon you like your property and their demanding tone adds salt to burn. And you give them more opportunity to judge you by not responding. This judgemental attitude of weighing bodies is demoralizing. In our generation, body-shaming has in vogue like a culture. now it's trendy to find fault with others' bodies.  If someone attains that standards of looking skinny still faces a lash of criticism like a little more you should put on or lose.

Misfit is unfit for this society:

In this gush of fat-shaming, when we have a smartphone, Smart Tv, smart work, and we want to have a smart body. Industries are replete with the million products pledge to trim you down in days. Gyms are full of people who want to lose weight. YouTube and Instagram are crowded with diet and exercise. Remedies, tips, and tricks for losing weight are the most researched topic, etc.  Many of us have been rejected several times for marriage and jobs because of having fa at the body. We are not giving attention to building our inner body or training our brains. This snobbish culture producing many introverts, less confident, and depressed people.

Image is not everything: 

The obsession with body-shaming is increasing day by day. People deliberately criticize appearance. Neither talent nor skill will grab attention. I want to ask if a real criterion to evaluate a person is his weight? We can talk about the corpse but not the heart and soul. We can discuss the hair but not the brain. Our negative approach is making others despair. We forget nature has bestowed everyone unique physical beauty. Each physical structure has its distinction. Similarly, human composition and disposition are very diverse it's the matter of genes that shapes you. Expecting everyone to fit into the one template is sheer absurdity. The awful is to expect others to work out according to your prescription. 

Postpartum depression and weight loss :

Presently, the fashion industry has made everything artificial. We are after temporal gain. In this competition, the winner only has imaginary triumph.No one can have eternal happiness. Pregnant women are also expected to get rid of those extra pounds immediately which they put on consequently she has to wean.  During the post-birth time when she has to take care of her diet and nutrients, she is inclined towards dieting and starving.  

Health hazards :

To meet the criteria of weight loss and gain. Youth is following the wrong pattern of eating. On the internet, you will zap through different unauthentic low calories diet plans that pledge you to look thin. Yet they are making our bone weak and draining our immunity. The scrawny person also faces health hazards. Eating less can also threaten your health. There are certain risks involved with being skinny as anemia, malnutrition, miscarriages, and osteoporosis. The rate of infertility is much higher in undernourished girls. They are more subjected to infertility.

We must understand there is no perfection exists. Our body is always kept on changing with time, age and phase. Yet our internal self is permanent and for life long. Work for it.  You are beautiful and embrace yourself and others positively. 

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