{"id":129207,"date":"2024-03-15T21:55:21","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T21:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.society19.com\/uk\/?p=129207"},"modified":"2024-03-15T21:55:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T21:55:22","slug":"types-of-body-shaming-you-didnt-think-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.society19.com\/uk\/types-of-body-shaming-you-didnt-think-about\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Types Of Body Shaming You Probably Didn&#8217;t Think About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bodies are pretty neat. They get you from A to B (walking or wheelchair or however you conduct your business (or even cradle to grave if you\u2019re feeling dark)), they do the things that keep you alive and rolling. You know, like, heartbeat. And breathing. And the central nervous system. Metabolising food into energy so you don\u2019t, you know, pass out. Those things. They taste food, which is pretty great. And you can do fun things like watch Netflix. But yet, somehow, society\u2019s decided that bodies <u>must be shamed!!!<\/u> Shame on you for having a body and for having that body do the things. And \u2013 god forbid \u2013 you have the indecency of being born a woman. How dare you have the audacity of being a female that doesn\u2019t look like\u2026 who\u2019s hot now? Are we still on Gigi Hadid? Let\u2019s go with Gigi Hadid. Or is it Bella now? Look, I\u2019m in my mid-twenties, I don\u2019t know what the kids are doing these days. Whoever the hot one is now. Her. How dare you exist and not look like her (if you do, congrats \u2013 your life as a woman is marginally easier). Here are 10 types of body shaming you probably never thought about until now.<\/p>\n<h2>Skinny-shaming<\/h2>\n<p>Look \u2013 some people just are skinny. They may have fast metabolisms, or are super athletic, or they may have eating disorders. You don\u2019t know. It\u2019s literally none of your business.<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center\">\n<\/h6>\n<h2>Indulgence<\/h2>\n<p>Although not necessarily about bodies, there is a certain stigma that exists around women and food \u2013 that to indulge is shameful, and should be done in secret, or with guilt or justifications. Because indulgence = weight gain, and weight gain=not being beautiful. Just eat. Fuck the patriarchy. Have your cake and eat it too.<\/p>\n<h2>You\u2019re hot for a [insert desired term here]<\/h2>\n<p>You\u2019re hot for a tall girl. Asian girl. Black girl. A ginger. A fat girl. We\u2019re taught that beauty and hotness is white, 5\u20195\u201d-5\u20198\u201d, and a UK 6-10,\u00a0 so anything that isn\u2019t that is met with surprise.<\/p>\n<h2>Wearing makeup<\/h2>\n<p>Wearing makeup means you\u2019re shallow, vain, and probably not very intelligent. Because we\u2019ve feminised makeup, and ergo it\u2019s probably quite silly. Guys get shamed for wearing makeup, girls gets shamed for wearing too much. It\u2019s makeup. It\u2019s fun. Give it a rest. I\u2019ve lost count of how many times guys around me have scoffed at girls for \u2018wearing too much makeup\u2019 and then looked at me for approval. Like, what exactly are you after? A medal? Do you want us to congratulate you for proving you\u2019re not vain and like \u2018natural girls\u2019? Even though you\u2019ve just judged a complete stranger? Well done.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/0mKXcg1.gif\" class=\"mfp-image\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center\">\n<\/h6>\n<h2>Not wearing makeup<\/h2>\n<p>This brings us around to point B: not wearing makeup and the myth of the \u2018natural girl\u2019, i.e. a subsection of the elusive cool girl: she cba with makeup because she\u2019s too cool for that, but still manages to look effortlessly beautiful (NB: that look takes about 30min to achieve). A guy once told a friend of mine that he liked how she didn\u2019t feel the need to wear makeup. She had three different eyeshadows, brows, bronzer, foundation, and mascara on. When we actually get seen \u2018natural\u2019, we\u2019re asked if we\u2019re ill. What\u2019s more, there are studies that show that women who don\u2019t wear makeup aren\u2019t seen as neat or clean as their makeup-wearing counterparts \u2013 not wearing makeup in a professional environment is, then, a big no. I\u2019ve even come across articles of therapists saying that female patients are showing signs of improvement when they start wearing makeup.<\/p>\n<h2>Being \u2018trendy\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Again: vain, vapid, shallow. What if I like clothes \u2013 who\u2019s that harming? I mean yes, the environment and sweatshops are a thing but that is an article for another day.<\/p>\n<h2>Anything regarding plastic surgery<\/h2>\n<p>Listen: if you have a body, do whatever the fuck you want to it.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Real women have curves\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>No, no they don\u2019t. A real woman is someone who identifies as a woman. And even then it doesn\u2019t have to be all the time. Gender is a social construct and social constructs don\u2019t have physical forms, ipso facto they cannot have curves.<\/p>\n<h2>Body Hair<\/h2>\n<p>It took me a while to get started on this piece. What an innocent, blissful time it was. I didn\u2019t think I\u2019d have much to talk about. Little did I know that I would get to a point where I\u2019m mentally screaming \u2018just let us be for the love of God\u2019. It\u2019s almost like the patriarchy doesn\u2019t\u2026 want us\u2026 to be treated as human beings? So \u2013 body hair. It\u2019s hair. You\u2019ll live. Just let us be. For the love of God, let us be. While we&#8217;re on this, what&#8217;s with razor companies always showing the woman shaving an\u00a0<em>already hairless leg<\/em>, but a man gets to shave an actual beard off? I mean, I&#8217;m not a business person, but&#8230; surely&#8230; that&#8217;s not actually, like, you know. Showing how good your product is?<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center\">\n<\/h6>\n<h2>Pretty Shaming<\/h2>\n<p>Yes, yes. I know I made some comments about the Hadids. Listen, I\u2019m not perfect. And sure, pretty shaming probably <em>isn\u2019t<\/em> the most pressing issue, but oh dear lord am I sick and tired of people being surprised when pretty women are smart. Or when people don\u2019t actually listen to what you\u2019re saying because they\u2019re distracted by your looks. Or when other women shame other people for being attractive. It\u2019s a body. Move on.<\/p>\n<h5>It&#8217;s important to know that there are other types of body shaming besides calling someone fat. Think about this before you speak!<\/h5>\n<h5><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bodies are pretty neat. They get you from A to B (walking or wheelchair or however you conduct your business (or even cradle to grave if you\u2019re feeling dark)), they do the things that keep you alive and rolling. You know, like, heartbeat. And breathing. And the central nervous system. 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