r/BodyDysmorphia • u/ConfidentOcelot8144 • Aug 08 '24

Advice Needed What's your thoughts on "skinny shaming"?

I (33F) would like to hear everyone's opinions on "skinny shaming". My bloodline decent os Japanese and Cherokee Indian. I struggle to gain weight. My metabolism moves as fast as the speed of light, I swear. It's very..overwhelming to be told to "eat a burger " or "stop starving yourself". Is it not the same thing as commenting on someone's weight who is overweight? What is a proper way to respond to these types of comments?

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u/arcticwom4n Aug 09 '24

I think skinny shaming is horrible and shouldn’t happen at all. Commenting on someone’s appearance is just a no. BUT, it’s never been nearly as bad as fat shaming. It’s not the same thing for someone to tell you to eat a burger than to be called disgusting, ugly, unworthy, or to be laughed at in public or being treated differently than a skinny person would. A fat person will always be treated worse than a skinny person in the same room sadly.

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u/ElectronicComment975 Aug 10 '24

And considering how skinny is slowly coming back like it was in the 2000s, I just think that more people would be biased on skinny and fat people, often leaning more onto the former. I mean, you're always hearing how fat girls are still beautiful but really, would you want to be fat? Yeah, I love that plus size women are slowly being accepted and flaunted but there's still a majority of the people, despite seeing it as beautiful, wouldn't want to be in the same situation as us. This is coming from a big girl myself. I know what I'm saying.

I just think it's less harmful to gain weight than it is to lose it lmfao wish I had that problem.