Is Body Shaming The New Act Of Body Terrorism?

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In the simplest form, body shaming means the practice of criticizing a person for their body type; this discrimination can cause depression, eating disorders,

To solve the problem, you must understand its scale. How do you explain terms like ‘orobo’ or ‘lepa’ a growing name that may soon find its way to the Oxford English Dictionary?On the streets, it is not unusual to hear passers-by stare unconscionably at overweight people. That is if they stop there and don’t make jokes about how you need to pay for two seats on public transport.

‘’In my secondary school days, I can even be described as chubby, I was a boarder, and I attended Federal Government College, Kaduna. I remain a very brilliant and confident girl thanks to my upbringing and education. Confidently yes, but five years ago I was diagnosed to be having ‘anorexia’ an emotional disorder characterized by an obsessive desire to lose weight.

Narrating her experience, she said: ‘’When I was 18 years old, I was very skinny, I would go to the market and spend more time than others selecting clothes but no one will size me, and my skirt would need to be reshaped. ‘’Fat people face the same thing too; some people call them ‘orobo’. By and large, there is no perfect shape in this world but it is okay to be moderate,’’ she added.

 

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