Opposing Viewpoints: Both sides of body shaming

With the ever-changing beauty standards for women, trends grow difficult to follow, especially with how the modern standards of thinness have isolated more than half of the American population; the debate lies within fatphobia masked as body positivity and shaming. The former movement has proved to become quite toxic in recent years. Despite the truth behind the wrongs of skinny shaming, the standard in America has revolved around the thinnest, po...

People consistently dispute whether skinny shaming possesses the same depth as fat shaming. The beauty standard varies among people, and as a result, both plus-size girls and slender girls receive hate. Regardless of size or weight, body shaming must stop.  Body shaming means to humiliate someone by mocking or making critical comments about their body shape and size. This definition does not spec...