Enough of the shaming of fat bodies

Body shaming is the act of negatively commenting or humiliating others about their physical appearance, usually targeted at a person’s weight or size. - Photo: JENNIFER BURK/Unsplash

Recently, a post on Twitter about a woman's experience of getting body shamed at her workplace received a lot of attention on the social media platform. The young lady tweeted about a man who came up to her at the eyewear booth which she manned and told that she "can’t be cool" unless she loses weight.

The comment affected her because despite her many attempts to lose weight – hormone treatments, swimming, dieting and exercising – "people like him" often belittle fat people and assume that they don't make any effort to lose weight or take care of their their health.