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. “Food and weight-centric comments take away from the real meaningful conversations like, ‘how was your vacation?” and ‘are you learning anything interesting at school?’”
In other words, those “well-meaning“ comments can spoil perfectly good family time and the priceless opportunity to connect on a deeper level.As we’ve seen with the so-called “almond mom” phenomenon, however, some people prioritise thinness above all else. For them, thereanything more worthy to consider. “Those who have been socialized as women in this culture have been absorbing and internalising messages rooted in misogyny,, anti-fat bias, and the patriarchy for generations,” says DeCaro.
What’s more, she adds, is that social movements designed to reject this toxic ideology, such as the body positivity movement, didn’t really surface until the 1960s—so in the grand scheme of things, combatting fatphobia is relatively new. This means that it’s up younger generations to dismantle this mentality and set boundaries with those who can’t .Fortunately, there are several ways to do this –and you can start preparing now.
“Decide ahead of time what you will and will not put up with, and how you plan to confront it.” Once you’ve set your boundary, practice with a therapist or trusted friend. “Send them a draft of what you’ve written or role-play it in real time if it’s a conversation, and hold firm if and when it happens. The boundary sends no message if you don’t enforce it.” Be sure to make time for self-care immediately after: You mayIt took 30 years for ‘skinny’ not to be my life's mission.
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