body shaming

body shame

To criticize, ridicule, or otherwise make someone feel ashamed about (some aspect of) their physical appearance, especially their weight. When I tried modeling, I was often body shamed and felt pressured to lose weight.
See also: body, shame

body shaming

The act of criticizing, ridiculing, or otherwise making someone feel ashamed about (some aspect of) their physical appearance, especially their weight. When I tried modeling, I was often subject to body shaming and felt pressured to lose weight.
See also: body, shame
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • body shame
  • bust on (someone or something)
  • bust on someone/something
  • feel guilty
  • make (someone, something, or oneself) a laughingstock
  • make a laughingstock of
  • make a laughingstock of (someone, something, or oneself)
  • hold (one's) head up
  • hold head up
  • hold your head up
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[USA], July 29 (ANI): American rapper Shad Gregory Moss, popularly known as Bow Wow Body, got trolled by fans on social media after body shaming Wendy Williams.
However,a spokesperson for the showhit back at any weight gain rumours - blasting them as "body shaming".
" Meanwhile, days after Thai beauty queen Coco Arayha Suparurk called her "fat," Catriona has spoken up on the body shaming issue.
Some of the questions her fans asked her concerned bullying and body shaming. One netizen (@WillowPontino) asked Gray on July 13 (July 14 in the Philippines), 'What is your stand about online bullying and body shaming?'
"Hi Catriona, what's your take on body shaming?"a pageant fan queried.
A Tunisian singer has recently released a first-of-its-kind song addressing several taboo issues in the Middle East; including the challenges faced by the LGBT+ community in the Middle East, racism and body shaming.
The author applies feminist theory to scientific research to help readers understand communication that focuses on women's body fat, weight, shape, style, or fitness and why women are the victims of body shaming. She examines the origins of fat talk and body shaming and considers how nature and nurture both reinforce these conversational habits, including evolutionary adaptations and contemporary culture and the role of gender, race, and age.
According to Wikipedia, World Naked Gardening Day (WNGD) was introduced in 2005 as a nudist movement to discourage body shaming and encourage acceptance of all forms of the human body.
This judgment often turns into body shaming when people do not conform to the beauty standards of society, such as weighing more or less than the ideal weight or not having the 'perfect' nose.
Q I'm quite a big person and very upset by body shaming. Do you ever think it's justified?
Senator Sherry Rehman is not for PIA cabin crew's body shaming. She wants focus on big structural and safety issues like the routes and fleets rather than the waistlines of the crew.
She shed light on the culture of body shaming that is done by relatives even if a woman is successful.
REALITY star Vicky Pattison has apologised to Michelle McManus for body shaming her five years ago.
Welcome to Information Today's makeover montage--we're undergoing a physical transformation (minus the body shaming).
"First was the body shaming of the Billi with that whole moti-taazi shade, which is NOT okay," read the emergency editorial on the homepage.