Is it normal that i think of "body positivity" in a different way?

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I've seen many body positivity posts and advocacy and awareness, but when I usually see these posts, they only about skinny and/or plus sized people. Chubbier and more plus sized people and skinnier and more slender people are alright but I obviously don't advocate being too unhealthily skinny to the point of Anorexia and being obese or being fat enough to where it affects your daily life.

I feel like body positivity should belongs more to amputees, victims of vitriolage, survivors of cancer who have had body parts removed, people born of deformities, people of skin conditions, car crash survivors, etc... you get my drift.

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  • [Old Memory]
    8 years ago

    I completely agree. I think society should encourage people to be more accepting of others' appearances in general.

    I've been judged and made fun of for just about every single aspect of my looks, from childhood uday, and I'm 20 already.

    When I was younger I was ripped off for having really bad acne, messy curly hair, I was picked on about my weight (which was ridiculous because as a child I wasn't even overweight), in my teens I was made fun of for my way of dressing and it still happens sometimes, although now I've learned to care less what others think.

    I think everyone should embrace their looks, and make an improvement if they want to, for themselves and not to please anyone else.

    I want a child (or two) one day but I'm so terrified of looking in the mirror and seing stretchmarks that I get genuine anxiety from thinking about this.

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  • NeofelisNebulosa
    8 years ago

    That is good. We should encourage everyone to find positive things about their body :) including people who've had accidents, diseases, and surgeries.

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  • Cymbalism
    8 years ago

    Sounds like you have a great view of the world - the rest of society just needs to catch up. :)

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  • dom180
    8 years ago

    I think there are movements which already cater to the empowerment of disabled people, cancer survivors etc. The body positivity and fat acceptance movements serve a completely different type of person and fight a completely different struggle. Just because there is a semantic similarity (yes, I get it - they both want people to be "positive" about their "bodies") doesn't mean it serves any purpose to conflate empowering disabled people with fat people or very thin people.

    If you consistently apply the logic of your first paragraph, why would you encourage body positivity in amputees either? Don't they also deviate from "ideal" "health"? Why encourage body positivity in anyone other than the most "healthy" people? The answer is that body positivity isn't an exclusive club to which only the "healthiest" should be admitted. It should be for everyone.

    Also, body positivity doesn't "advocate" any body shape or size. That's the whole point.

    Finally, why does the health of other people concern you so much? Why does it have anything to do with you? Serious question.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      8 years ago

      Amputees don't usually have a choice of being amputated..? My father is a body builder and I met with a friend of his that had his arm removed due to the army. Along with other amputees, they are many that are healthy and honestly more fit than I am, they have dedicated their life to not be defeated by their loss. I don't know what you mean by "ideal health" but you can be missing two limbs and still be healthy.

      Anyways, if somebody is happy being significantly emaciated or obese is, whatever. But I am not going to accept saying that it is okay to be very dangerously over/under weight or say that it is good for ANYBODY.

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