It's high time.. we should stop it now.. "Body shaming"

The definition of body shaming is the practice of making critical, potentially humiliating comments about a person's body size or weight. An example of body shaming is telling a child that they are "too fat." An example of body shaming is when thin women are told they are "too skinny."

But people now a days don’t feel that it’s an offensive act. We don’t even realize that saying this can cause serious mental trauma to the person going through this situation. Complimenting someone that, “you are beautiful”. What is the true meaning of being beautiful? Everything under the sky is beautiful. It is the gift of nature, gift of god. Every single creature is beautiful in its own way.

The differentiation is created by us. We have set certain rules in the society for being called as beautiful. So, all these shaming starts from here. The mindset!

Is it that difficult to change our mindset? I will say YES.. Because, it has never changed. It has passed on like a tradition. We practice such kind of thoughts and also we encourage them. Each one of us have faced this situation in some point of our lives. Bullying one can harm him/her till such extend that they have tried to suicide or killed someone to seek revenge. Is this a part of healthy social and mental life? Definitely not! Being tall, short, fair, dark, fat or skinny maybe any body type. No one in this world can decide your worth, only you can. I believe, beauty lies in your soul.

No one has escaped from being body shammed. For that matter in India, people have obsession with fair complexion. Only fair people are considered talented, good looking, successful etc. remember I mentioned the word ‘considered’ that doesn’t mean that they actually are! This can differ person to person. All of this is taken into account especially when one is going to a job interview or getting married. Again I will throw some light on social media. It is the playing a key role in bullying people or for that matter trolling one another. Film stars, politician, sports players are the main target. These people who start trolling or shamming don’t have faces. They are the one who are cowards and hiding behind.

I feel that we should change. But, the change should be for us and not for the sake of society. There are few things I want to mention here which are very important about what actually we can change and what we cannot.