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HOW TO DEAL WITH BODY SHAMING?
By Riddhi Joshi
so blatantly can body shame Sita,
will his perspective change after
Sita, a call center employee, marriage? It all comes down to the
basic question- Does the skin color
stares at a hoarding while waiting
for her bus. The hoarding displayed of an individual determine a
an advertisement of Fair & Lovely person's worth? Yes, it does. Sita
body lotion. This advertisement thinks so. She weeps, curses
brought in her mind the scene that herself, criticizes God for coloring
happened last week wherein she her wrong and thinks that the car as
was rejected by the boy and his compensation is justified as she is
parents for marriage. The reason defective? With these thoughts in
stated was her dark skin color. The her mind, Sita takes the bus and
marriage proposal was saved only resigns to her fate.
when Sita's father agreed to 'gift' a The dictionary defines body
four wheeler to the groom. At shaming as the act of making
present, Sita, still staring at the critical or mocking comments and
hoarding wonders - Whether her humiliating someone with regard to
marriage is some sort of a deal his/her physical characteristics.
where she being a substandard While this prejudice exists all over
product is compensated as per the the world, one of its kinds, color
wishes of the customer? If the man shaming is particularly severe in
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