89 pc women feel uncomfortable about themselves after reading social media comments

Thanks to the liberty and anonymity bestowed to us by technology, body shaming has taken to extremities. If you don’t like someone’s appearance, you are quick to point it out. Find someone gains a few extra, there pops a judgemental message. Too thin or too fat, even if ‘socially-defined’ perfect, body shaming has become common behaviour.

According to a study conducted by Fortis Healthcare, 90 per cent women recognise body shaming as a common behaviour and part of the blame is on social media.