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Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
Sat Jan 15, 2022, 05:51 PM Jan 2022

Parents upset by school's 'body image' program which offered 'shapewear'

SOUTHAVEN, Miss. (TND) — A new body image program at a middle school in Mississippi has been shut down by the district after it upset parents.

Counselors at Southaven Middle School sent students home with a form titled "Why Do Girls Suffer from Body Image?" On the form was a permission slip, asking if parents would allow their daughters to receive "healthy literature" along with "shapewear", bras, and other products to aid in maintaining a "positive body image," according to WMC News.

"Shapewear" is, according to fashion website ChatElaine.com, an undergarment meant to "sculpt your figure" and "highlight your natural curves". It squeezes parts of your body, like your stomach or legs, to make them look "skinnier" and therefore more "attractive".

The suggestion their daughters needed guidance on their bodies apparently upset some parents, leading to a backlash against the program and school. Speaking with WMC News, one parent said she felt the letter "really missed the mark in so many ways."

https://krcgtv.com/news/nation-world/parents-upset-by-middle-schools-body-image-program-which-offered-shapewear-bras-girls-daughters-mississippi-southaven-skinny-ashely-heun

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Parents upset by school's 'body image' program which offered 'shapewear' (Original Post) Sherman A1 Jan 2022 OP
That's reverse, negative body image education. Ocelot II Jan 2022 #1
My thought exactly. rsdsharp Jan 2022 #4
What the hell.... gay texan Jan 2022 #2
I am old enough to have worn panty girdles. They were uncomfortable and HOT. They propose to torture Shrike47 Jan 2022 #3
What about the boys? They happy with their image? Deuxcents Jan 2022 #5
Ah yes... the Greek ideal... OldBaldy1701E Jan 2022 #6

Ocelot II

(120,858 posts)
1. That's reverse, negative body image education.
Sat Jan 15, 2022, 05:53 PM
Jan 2022

If girls are unhappy with their shapes, give them girdles?

rsdsharp

(10,121 posts)
4. My thought exactly.
Sat Jan 15, 2022, 08:17 PM
Jan 2022

Why do girls have negative body images? Because of yahoos like this.

“We want you to have a positive body image, dear. Here, let me lace you into this corset.”

Shrike47

(6,913 posts)
3. I am old enough to have worn panty girdles. They were uncomfortable and HOT. They propose to torture
Sat Jan 15, 2022, 06:37 PM
Jan 2022

This is body shaming and they know it.

Deuxcents

(19,720 posts)
5. What about the boys? They happy with their image?
Sat Jan 15, 2022, 08:17 PM
Jan 2022

Another assault on the female gender. Missed that mark by hundreds of years

OldBaldy1701E

(6,349 posts)
6. Ah yes... the Greek ideal...
Sat Jan 15, 2022, 11:42 PM
Jan 2022

Or, at least the ideal that says a female has to look a certain way. That shiat should have been left behind in high school. Why females even put up with this is beyond me. (Gods, I want an entire female administration! And now!)

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