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"Body positivity" is not about labeling everything as beautiful but rather not labeling people who may not match traditional standards of beauty as "ugly."
by trs8080 4y ago
"Body positivity" is not about labeling everything as beautiful but rather not labeling people who may not match traditional standards of beauty as "ugly."
- ogogmad 4y agoI agree. It's a "live and let live" movement. Not some form of austere modernism. Beauty of people is indeed subjective. Different ethnicities have different innate preferences.
- throwaway4aday 4y agoIs this actually how it's practiced? I know this is the professed meaning of the term/movement but when it comes to the implementation it seems to be turning into something much different. Also, in this definition of beauty where do you draw the line for "ugly" or is it now a word without a meaning?
- MSFT_Edging 4y agoI'm in a lot of these circles and usually it's exactly how it works. You see a fat person, someone says they're beautiful. Do you A: call them ugly to make them feel bad or B: keep moving. The basis of body positivity is to help folks have less self hate while being like "wtf dude, don't be a dick" to the people constantly criticizing them.
- throwaway4aday 4y agoI don't think body positivity is needed for that, just manners. Is there actually a problem that is being solved by body positivity that can't be solved by just being polite?