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Topic Body Shaming

General Purpose To persuade
Specific purpose To persuade my audience that body-shaming is not a joke and it needs to be stopped.

Central Idea Body shaming is a form of using negative language to denigrate and ridicule another
person's appearance, causing a lot of serious consequences and that action must be
stopped.
Preparation Outline
Introduction
Get attention and interest Before we get into our presentation, I want to tell you a story about the late
actor Chadwick Boseman. Did you ever hear or say some kinds of
comments about others appearance such as:
"You're so fat, you should roll instead of walking, it will take less time."
"Why your face have so much acne?".
"Are you using drugs, why are you so thin?"

So, what is body shaming? Body shaming is the act of criticizing your own
body, someone else’s body for their body shapes and sizes.

Reveal the topic
Establish credibility and goodwill
It doesn't take much time for example, Aafter the death of "Black Panther"
superhero actor Chadwick Boseman, it was realized that in the final years
of his life he had to face. with the unimaginable body shaming of the online
community.
In May 2020, the paparazzi captured the image of him leaning on a cane,
his thin body walking on the street. This photo quickly attracted everyone's
attention.
Many netizens speculated that it was the result of Chadwick's addiction and
drug use, and some even thought that a man who was too small or stunted
was a shame. They only focused on criticism but few people showed
concern for the health of the late actor. And no one knows that he has been
silently fighting cancer alone for many years.
None know if Chadwick would go online and read these comments? I think
iIf he had read it, those words must have killed his soul before he was no
longer alive.
Through this story I want you to understand that Body shaming which is
disparaging appearance in language that makes others hurt is a
condemnable act. Because that action has caused many people to fall into
depression, autism, and even suicide. This small story shows us that
everyone gets disdain for their appearance at least once in their life. Even
though they are a superstar. People always disparage things that are
contrary to society's beauty standards or do not please their eyes.
While learning more about Body shaming, we also did a small survey and
realized it is getting more and more serious when up to 60% of respondents
admitting to being criticized by others for their appearance, leading to loss
of confidence and despair. Even more worrying is that up to 92% of bullies
are not aware of how dangerous this is. I know body shaming is a terrible
action because I suffered from it all my childhood until now. Every time I
came back home from Ho Chi Minh city, my relatives always ask me:”
Why is your skin so swarthy even though you are living in the city, you
have to have fair skin.” Even my mom, still body shaming me every time

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she sees me:” you look older than your age, your skin is so rough or you
will never have a boyfriend if you look like that.”
Preview the body of the speech Not everyone knows the seriousness of Body shaming, some people even
consider disparaging others as their passion. They do not know that it will
kill soul, confidence and also kills precious human lives. Therefore, in this
speech, we will convince you to stop body shaming by showing you two
main consequences of body shaming: how body shaming affect physical
and mental health.So today I would like to persuade each one of you to feel
as strong as I do that body-shaming needs to end this in our speech I would
like to highlight three main reasons why body-shaming needs to stop.
Transition to the Body Let’s begin by looking at how body shaming could affect the mental health
that leads to depression.
Body
I. Main Point 1 First and foremost, body shaming can lead the victims to undergo
depression or worst, suicide.
A. Sub-main point 1 Suicide has become a national epidemic. Their harmful effects of weight
discrimination may increase the suicide risk.
1. Sub sub-main point 1 People who are discriminated against due to weight are at higher risk of
depression and other mental issues. The most compelling reason why body-
shaming needs to stop is that it leads to depression and depression can lead
people to suicide.
2. Sub sub-main point 2 According to research done by Bradley Hospital, Butler Hospital, and
Brown medical school, people especially teenagers with negative body
image concerns are more likely to be depressed, anxious, and suicidal.
Even when compared to youngers with other psychiatric illnesses, body
shaming can lead to mental health issues. This is why such a case is
happening around us make it clear that fat-shaming harms ppl both
psychologically and physically.
B. Sub-main point 2 ????
1. Sub sub-main point 1 People with anxiety than to overthink everything and when it comes to
remarks about their body, it is no different continuous negative remarks
may make ppl anxious to the extent that they suffer from panic attacks and
depression faces no matter how this manifests it often leads to comparison
and shame.
2. Sub sub-main point 2 . Therefore, individuals with a history of trauma self-harm, or personality
disorder are more likely to be affected by body shaming and potentially
engage in self-harm behavior.

II. Main Point 2 Secondly, body shaming is linked to reducing self-esteem.

A. Sub-main point 1 Another major psychological health can also affect the self-esteem level
and confidence level in people.
1. Sub sub-main point 1 A victim of body shaming will somehow lose their confidence and feel
conscious about their bodies so much that it will also affect their social life.
Negatively commenting about the size or shapes of anyone’s body can be
extremely damaged to them, potentially leads to low self-esteem, anger
self-harm, and specifically body dysmorphic disorder.

B. Sub-main point 2 Furthermore, body shaming is a form of crime and is considered bullying.
When it is done online through social media, it is called cyberbullying. It is
easy to shame someone when behind the screen just by clicking.
1. Sub sub-main point 1 For example, posting body-shaming comments to those they know and
don’t know. We leave the individuals feeling as if their existence is not

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IiI. Main Point 3
C. Sub-main point 1
2. Sub sub-main point 1
3. Sub sub-main point 2
D. Sub main point 3
Sub-main point 2
Sub sub main point 1
Signal the End of the speech
Reinforce the Central Idea
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important.
This may lead to low self-esteem and self-confidence similarly they will
believe their remarks about their body which may affect them in ways
where their confidence is shattered.
The last
Body shaming not only affects mental but also physical health.
It leads to eating disorders problem
People are particularly prone to look and based on others people’s
perspectives. Body shaming has been reported to lead to eating disorders
like anorexia- people start themselves obsessively to lose weight if they are
too fat. It can make your dehydration, constipation, bloating and even
irregular menstrual cycles.
Bulimia is an eating disorder in which a large quantity of
food is consumed in a short period of time, often followed by
feelings of guilt or shame, it is also reported to lead to similar effects.
Both anorexia and bulimia can cause people to continue with their extreme
measures lose more weight
According to National Eating Disorders Association, 65% of people with
eating disorders said that bullying contributed to their condition
Another harmful effect of body shaming is to make the victim think about
unsafe form of beauty.
To regain self-confidence, for example: Using weight loss drugs of
unknown origin, plastic surgery in unscrupulous establishments, fasting,...
Initially, it can help Helping victims get in shape and look like they want,
but later it can lead to serious health complications, some people even have
to be hospitalized for treatment due to weight loss with advertising drugs,
excessive fasting
Conclusion
“No matter what a woman looks like, if she is confident, she’s sexy” Paris
Hilton.
To sum up, body shaming is more and more popular and may cause danger
to health and psychology accidentally, therefore, you should think carefully
before criticizing someone’s look. Moreover, to avoid being a victim of
body shaming, everyone should learn to love themselves, speak up when
others criticize their looks, let them know that no one is perfect
I want you to remember the three consequences of body shaming. The first
one leads to undergo depression or suicide. Second, body shaming is linked
to reducing self-esteem. Third, it causes eating disorders problem
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