Will You Join This Mum To Protest Against Fat Shaming Women Like This?
Mel Rymill has started a trend of mums showing of their naked bods on social media in a protest against fat shaming women’s bods. Will you join the trend?
According to Yahoo, the Australian uploaded a pic of herself in just a nursing bra and “nana undies” along with an angry rant explaining what happened during her first personal training session since giving birth.
She said, “So I had my first session with a PT today and the first thing she said to me was ‘Obviously you want to get back to your pre-baby weight’. It wasn’t a question, it was a statement. And it p****d. Me. Off.
“I corrected her nicely by simply saying ‘my goal is to regain my core strength and endurance…I’m not worried by how my body looks, only how it functions…it can be pretty badass’.
“But it got me thinking. Post pregnant women are told they look good if they return to their pre-baby body quickly leading to the assumption that they look bad if the keep the extra weight. Skinny people are envied for their lack of fat or shamed for apparently starving themselves. Voluptuous women are either labelled fat and shamed or they’re labelled brave for being comfortable in their own skin. There is always pressure.
“No one is comfortable in their own skin 100% of the time. Constantly labelling people and piling expectations associated with these labels on them is harmful to everyone…including those doing the labelling.
“What we should be worrying about is if people are OK, not what they look like.
“So here I am. I may not be magazine ready, my Nana undies and bedtime nursing bra are certainly not going to be rocking a runway anytime soon, my hair is greasy, I have no makeup on, my body is squishy and plentiful, I’m not even sure I’m totally OK.
Cool. People should be comfortable in their skin and body please. I personally do not sham anyone because of how they look.
She has a point but this exposure is just too much
Hmmmmmm, dis woman don vex oooo
Good that you don’t have stretch marks and your tummy is(almost) flat.You just need to keep fit
So true
just keep your head held high,and do your best to be fit.she has a point.
i mean mell Rymill has a point
hmmm
My question is must they expose their bodies?
Hmmmm…well, in our society now, slim ladies are being given preference… But it’s anybody’s choice to decide how she wants her body to be
Nice one