body-shaming

¹

[bahd-ee shaym-ing]

adjective

1. relating to or characterized by negative, critical, or mocking comments and behavior about someone's body shape, size, or appearance.

body shaming

²

[bahd-ee shaym-ing]

noun

1. negative, critical, or mocking comments and behavior about someone's body shape, size, or appearance.

Example Sentences

She explains that body shaming was part of the reason she stepped further behind the camera.

From BBC

TikTok said the platform offered a number of well-being resources as well as "strict rules against body shaming and dangerous weight loss behaviours".

From BBC

Many people have shared their before and after images on the platform with jokes about how different they look - however others say it is a form of "body shaming" and should not be permitted.

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"If there's themes of body shaming or an eating disorder or anything like that, I think there should be a way of flagging it where, if these people want to post it, they post it, but it doesn't get pushed to a wider audience."

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Excerpts from a report in 2021 show club management failed to tell Swim England about "a number of children’s attempted suicides, self-harming, drug use, physical assaults, sexual offences involving children and fat/body shaming often linked with a concerning weighing regime with associated eating disorders".

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