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The original was posted on /r/twoxchromosomes by /u/fluffy_doughnut on 2023-09-27 15:13:57.

Body “positivity” made me question myself, I started thinking that things I didn’t pay attention to are wrong and ugly. “Your stretch marks are beautiful!” I’ve heard and realised that I have them and that some people consider them ugly. Wow. “Tall girls are beautiful!”. Oh, so they aren’t actually?

We should start a “body normality” movement or whatever. A body is just a body, it has its functions. IT JUST IS. I don’t want anybody telling me that my knees, pimples, body hair, scars, elbows are beautiful. They just exist!!! Let them exist!!!

Pimples are not beautiful and I know it, I feel like a child when someone tells me that I should accept my pimples because they’re pretty, no they’re not, but they don’t define me as a person and I don’t pay any attention to them. Acne scars are not pretty, they’re just there on my face. I bet that most people wouldn’t even think about these things if there weren’t other people convincing them with false positivity that they’re awesome.

Also, it’s mostly about women. Can you imagine telling men “Hey bro, your balding head is beautiful! Bald heads are beautiful!”. Or “Today is hairy backs acceptance day, let’s appreciate the hair on our backs! It’s beautiful, we’re beautiful!”. It’s. Just. Hair.