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Greetings to all the big minds of Steemit I hope you are all well by God's grace. And a special one to those participating in the Steem Cameroon contest body shaming which is my very first contest.

What do you know about body shaming?

Body Shaming is the of criticizing and humiliating the physical appearance of another person or complaining about you own appearance. The reasons for body shaming are numerous and some include;

• Body size
• Shape of the legs
• Skin colour
• Being blind ,
• Breast size and body shape.

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One of the most common body shaming is overweight and the characters maybe criticized with or without their knowledge either by some friends or unknowns. And they use sentences likelook at her is she even a human being?, Can a human being be this big?

Have you ever been in a situation where you feel upset about your body?

Yes I have been in a situation where I'm upset with my body that was when I loss weight and was just looking like a skeleton I was going through some difficulties and apart of me being upset the people around me couldn't let me be with questions likewhat's happening to you?are you even eating? I even heard rumors that I was HIV positive and it was very annoying but there were some people to whom I had no choice than to respond.
The other thing I was upset about was having small breasts 😂I was always complaining to myself so even when my sisters were mocking me with that I was unable to stand for myself and I would just start shedding tears😂 but now that's past 🤗.

Do you think body shaming is harmful?

Yes body shaming is very harmful because

1. The victim will develop negative emotional effects which is not good for the mental health
2. it makes the person to be avoiding others especially those bullying them and thus they find themselves lonely
3. It lowers once self esteem especially when you begin to agree about what others are criticizing you for
4. The victim might become depressed up to the level of having eating disorders.

What advice(s) will you give to both victims and perpetrators of body shaming?

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My advices to the victims
They should stop complaining about their appearance or if their situation is remediable they should apply the remedies and be responsible
They should have self esteem which very important because they don't have to take into consideration all critics in particular those coming in the form of mockery and bullies and people who always criticize
The should accept themselves as they are making sure not to hide from people

My advices to the perpetrators
If your friend is complaining his or her appearance don't add pepper in the sauce instead comfort them and give them more reasons to be satisfied with what they are and be strong.
They should avoid mocking and bullying others because no one is perfect so they sure have behaviors or appearance that can be mocked
If they can't advice the victims they should better mind their business rather than talking what they don't know.

VICTIMS OF BODY SHAMING BE ABLE TO STAND FOR YOURSELVES

Thanks for dropping