No. It's an observation. Nothing more, nothing less. "Body shaming" implies malicious intent and I obviously didn't intend that."Some are hideously obese" isn't body shaming?
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In this day and age every statement made can be taken with malicious intent, especially when ones worth is so closely related to their image and appearance, leading to huge issues with body dysmorphia and confidence. The person making the statement might not have meant any malice, but there are those who will take it to heart and make their mental wellbeing worse.
^Then those people need to grow a thicker skin and learn to live by the old saying "sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me".
As a disabled person I grew up being constantly made fun of because of my body's deformaties, and if I hadn't learned that, I would have been a suicide statistic decades ago.
As a disabled person I grew up being constantly made fun of because of my body's deformaties, and if I hadn't learned that, I would have been a suicide statistic decades ago.
I can see it on both sides. On one hand, yes, everybody has different sensibilities and sore points and part of living in a society with other people is recognizing those and tolerating speech you disagree with even if it hits a sore spot.
On the other hand, the word “Hideously” is not a neutral word, it’s explicitly negative and judgmental.
On the other hand, the word “Hideously” is not a neutral word, it’s explicitly negative and judgmental.
Exactly. "Obese" is an observation. "Hideously obese" is body-shaming.
Regardless of your intent, body shaming can be psychologically (and sometimes physically) harmful. People used to try to excuse other behaviour we no longer find acceptable by saying that they "didn't mean anything by it" or "it was just a joke". Body shaming should be something we just don't do.
If people are suffering with mental health concerns, telling them to just "be tougher" is really not going to help.
And it wasn't cool when people did it to you, either. Let's hope someday we can move beyond that type of behaviour.
To be clear, there is a long, long history of men judging, policing, and shaming women's bodies. It's so tiring. As a society, we need to get past thinking that this is in any way acceptable.
I'm heartened by the body positivity movements that have started up over the last few years. Hopefully this kind of positivity will continue to take root and spread.
And to go further it is not only Men whom involve themselves in this shaming practice. Women do it as well.
But it is more likely to initially to be men which carries over to women echoing.
And may I add, lighten up and educate rather than prosecute. I was a so-called "fat-kid" once and I fully understand the "scars"..
Bullying takes numerous forms, as does a swift punch in the nose to counter it.
I'm thinking.....
I wish it would stop raining
I wish it would stop raining
Ginger ale is carbonated. (At least, it is around here...)
It's also shit
I used to love Canda Dry Ginger Ale before I learned I was alergic to corn syrup, but I'm not sure if that's really ginger ale, or "ginger ale".
I actually think I might have figured out what the animal I heard was. I was watching The Walking Dead the other day and they had a couple of mules pulling a wagon with people in it, and one of them made a sound pretty close to what I heard. Another possibility occurred to me, it could have been in a trailer. It sounded a lot louder than I would have expected with where the horse properties are, so it could have been out on the street behind my neighborhood, and it could have been distorted if it was echoing around in a metal trailer before I heard it.
Dogs don't. One of our dogs leaves her bones outside all the time, and a few times the ants have gotten onto them. Whenever she grabs an ant bone, she instantly drops it, runs away, and then glares back at it.
We have them in zoos, but that's it. I guess theoretically it's possible someone could keep them as pets, but it I doubt it.Are zebras a thing in Arizona ?
I actually think I might have figured out what the animal I heard was. I was watching The Walking Dead the other day and they had a couple of mules pulling a wagon with people in it, and one of them made a sound pretty close to what I heard. Another possibility occurred to me, it could have been in a trailer. It sounded a lot louder than I would have expected with where the horse properties are, so it could have been out on the street behind my neighborhood, and it could have been distorted if it was echoing around in a metal trailer before I heard it.
I've never understood that kind of abstract art. If I'm going to look at artwork, I want it to at least look like something.
I agree that people’s personal sensitivities shouldn’t be used to officially censor things or pass summary judgement on people for violating them. That leads to social media shame dogpiling way too easy. People being ganged up on and called a monster for violating someone else’s sensibilities who could have just blocked them or turned off the TV.
But if you’re on a social forum, somebody tells you it bothers them, and you keep doing it, it’s not being a rebel, it’s being an ass.
But if you’re on a social forum, somebody tells you it bothers them, and you keep doing it, it’s not being a rebel, it’s being an ass.
Facebook is banning QAnon, so that's something. Of course, it just means that Facebook is part of the deep state led by the flat earth-hiding, energy vampire, lizard people who really run things, and the QAnon folks will just double down on their stupidity because if you agree with them, that's proof they're right, and if you disagree with them, that's also proof they're right.
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