I am very happy you clicked! This post will be all about body positivity.

So. I stumbled on an Instagram page and handpicked some pictures that encourage women to be more confident about how they look - will drop a link later

Though i am not a woman, i have many female friends and have seen so many other ladies struggle with things like weight loss, breast size, hip size and all that.

If you fall in that category, i will start by saying it's perfectly normal to have those things in mind.

I hope these pictures pass a message, give you a new perspective and make you proud of your body as a woman



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Yes! There are so many things that make up a person - and their body is just a tinsy part of it.

We can't always have the same body type. Genetics play a huge role.

Yes! There are many men that fantasise a lot. They want perfect bodies that deviate from reality and will always have complaints.

You are you! Your body isn't meant to check off another person's fantasy.

There is no such thing as a perfect body, it is just a social stereotype.

nwaezeemmanuel:
Yes! There are many men that fantasise a lot. They want perfect bodies that deviate from reality and will always have complaints.

You are you! Your body isn't meant to check off another person's fantasy.

I have stretch marks, and a lot of women i know have them. Do you think it's an issue? Absolutely NOT

You need to know this, compliments are compliments and nothing more!

Maintaining a healthy weight is great, but never for once think you have more value if you lose or add some pounds.

The goal is health, not size!

However you look, human beings are many times primed to find flaws.

If you get these comments from time to time, do not blame yourself.

nwaezeemmanuel:
However you look, human beings are many times primed to find flaws.

Your body should please you and is not yours to please or entertain strangers.

Don't pressure yourself

Every human being has hair growth.

It is not terminal.

A woman is more than body PARTS.

You are more than someone with boobs, curves and whatever people objectify ladies with.

Virginity is great, but a virgin is not automatically better than a woman that's not.

You are not less of a woman because you have been penetrated

nwaezeemmanuel:
Virginity is great, but a virgin is not automatically better than a woman that's not.

It doesn't matter!

If you worry so much about your body, here's a truth you need to know.

If a guy doesn't approve of your body, it adds zero value.

You're not in a competition with anybody

Finally!

You reflect more than what you see in your mirror

nwaezeemmanuel:
Finally!

Here's a link to the Instagram page that I took these pictures and illustrations from.


https://instagram.com/feminist?igshid=1ay4l6kq3u3h9


It's a feminism page, i don't agree with all of their views but they help encourage women with body confidence

Nice one Nwa Eze Emmanuel.

I hope we can all know and believe this.

Body concerns should be about health and nothing more.

Heights, shape, color, size are meant to be different and that own type is not common or socially acceptable does not mean it was not common in the time past or will not become socially acceptable in the future, this is the reason why they are unnecessary.


The image that reads no one will talk about your six packs or size when you are in the grave got me thinking. Thanks again Eze

You're welcome, very well said.

I really hope to post more like this, so far getting views has been hard (Nairaland is male dominated)

Some guys think I'm not a man just because i post stuff like this

AdeifofGod:
Nice one Nwa Eze Emmanuel.

I hope we can all know and believe this.

Body concerns should be about health and nothing more.

Heights, shape, color, size are meant to be different and that own type is not common or socially acceptable does not mean it was not common in the time past or will not become socially acceptable in the future, this is the reason why they are unnecessary.


The image that reads no one will talk about your six packs or size when you are in the grave got me thinking. Thanks again Eze

Before the 2000s the ideal female body formed by society involved a very lean body.

Now, the ideal body (largely influenced by social media and plastic surgery) is a big bust, slim waist and rounded hips.

Another reason why women should not be moved by all these things - they are irrelevant

nwaezeemmanuel:
You're welcome, very well said.

I really hope to post more like this, so far getting views has been hard (Nairaland is male dominated)

Some guys think I'm not a man just because i post stuff like this

Cool..

But fat people irrespective of sex should try and trim down.
There is Nothing healthy nor sexy about being fat.

I know, and i talked about it.

Health is the goal, not size.

What that means is that you can exercise but don't do it because you want to look slimmer. It makes people compare bodies and worry too much.

When i started exercising, i did it because i wanted to get my heart pumping and stay fit. Muscles came later on but that wasn't the primary goal.

Uyi168:
Cool..

But fat people irrespective of sex should try and trim down.
There is Nothing healthy nor sexy about being fat.

Hope you know that not everyone will look slim.

I also hope you know a lady can be fat and have it within normal healthy levels.

Uyi168:
Cool..

But fat people irrespective of sex should try and trim down.
There is Nothing healthy nor sexy about being fat.

GREAT WRITE UP.

Very interesting. Ladies having low self esteem because of their color, size or shape need to read this. Like someone said above, being healthy is the most important. For both male and female, our values are not in our size, colour or body shape.