We all want to look beautiful. Some wish to look desirable for themselves while the majority wishes to do so in order to please others. While there is no debate about being fit and maintaining the optimum BMI in order to be healthy, does that require that we as a whole bodyshame the one’s that do not fit into our notion of beauty standards ?

People take extreme steps in order to achieve that perfect zero size where one’s waist length is similar to that of a child. Young girls who idolise their celebrities, diet and starve themselves in order to achieve the ideal thinness and this quite often leads them to suffering from eating disorders such as bulimia or anorexia.
Even the colour of skin matters in our society. If you are a tone darker than the ideal fairness you are called ‘Kali’ and are asked to apply fairness creams and take certain measures to maintain your colour.

Despite years of progression, we still hold onto such regressive standards of beauty and shame those who do not follow it. I have had friends who starved themselves to look thin in order to please their crush and then they proceeded to tell the same to me. My grandmother once took to shaming a girl on their colour saying that she is too dark. The media does not help soothe the problem rather it accentuates it. Any actress who do not have a zero figure are quite often shamed and fairness is praised and looked upon as something better than dark skin. People with dark skin are quite often made fun and bigger people are used for comedic gags in movies.
It is high time we change such believes as it could be quite harmful to young girls and boys. It is high time we realise that beauty comes in all shapes, sizes and colours. All are beautiful in their own unique way.