“You’re body-shaming me,” lectures the tubby,
well-propagandized primary school girl, heading off her mother’s forlorn
attempts to get her to order a salad instead of yet another side of large fries.
“Fat shaming is dangerous,” opine the editors of Psychology Today. Well, we can certainly
concede that certain forms of it are impolite.
Wikipedia says the term “slut-shaming” is a derogatory expression
used by feminists to “reclaim the word slut and empower women and girls to have agency over their own sexuality.” I’m not
sure that’s world’s most helpful agenda, but there you are.