Lady Netizen Defends Cousin Against Body Shamers, Elicits Reactions Online
A lady netizen garnered various reactions from the online community after defending her cousin against body shamers.
One of the ongoing advocacies and efforts being encouraged and normalized in today’s society is accepting all “shapes and sizes” of bodies and refraining from body shaming, mocking, or ridiculing individuals in public.
As they say, beauty is relative, and we are all beautiful beings regardless of our body shape, size, or color.
Hence, netizen “Cleng Escalante,” a 28-year-old, did not let the body shaming experienced by her cousin, “Precious Aguilar,” pass unnoticed while they were bonding at a bar restaurant. Cleng’s Facebook post last Sunday, May 21, 2023, expressed her thoughts on the matter.
Cleng narrated how her cousin experienced humiliation during their gathering. She and her cousin were quietly having drinks when someone greeted her cousin, who happened to be a former college classmate.
They exchanged pleasantries, and suddenly, the companion/acquaintances of the person she knew started making side comments like, “uy precious ang taba mo na” “uy precious ang taba mo pala” “uy precious ang taba mo” They even repeated it????.
Escalante confronted the body shamers. The latter was also disappointed with the owner of the bar-restaurant who sided with the body shamers.
Here is the full post:
“Pag alam niyo ng mataba yung tao, alam na nila yan, hindi nyo na kailangang sabihin sa kanya ng paulit-ulit kasi na-sstress na din yan kung pano ba sya magpapapayat para pumasok siya diyan sa beauty standard niyo. Pero yung para ipagsigawan mo pa sa harap ng ibang tao para mag muka kang funny na mataas ang sense of humor, maling mali ka na don.
So this is the scene para mas maintindihan ng iba:
Kami ng pinsan ko tahimik na umiinom, minding our own business at Five Monkeys. Then may bumati sa pinsan ko na classmate nya nung college. Nagkamustahan sila tas yung ibang kasama/kainuman nung kakilala nya bigla nalang nag-side comments ng- “uy precious ang taba mo na” “uy precious ang taba mo pala” “uy precious ang taba mo”. Inulit-ulit pa talaga???? (to think ha na hindi naman nila kilala at ka-close yung pinsan ko.) Tas tamang tawa yung mga kainuman.
I mean???? Para san???? Anong na-achieve mo after mo sabihin yan? Napatawa mo yung mga kainuman mo? O tapos? Witty ka na nyan? Bida ka na nyan? Main character ka na nyan? Edi congrats.
Tapos yung may ari pa ng pinag inuman namin, she’s defending her kainumans pa (na nangbastos sa pinsan ko) Na nagsorry naman na daw sa pinsan ko, eh wala ngang nagsosorry sa kanya??? Kung hindi pa ko nag attitude, walang lalapit at magsosorry sa pinsan ko. Sya pa yung nagalit sakin, bakit daw ang sama ko tumingin. Teh pag ikaw binastos, o yung mahal mo sa buhay okay lang sayo? Ayos ka lang?
Tapos yung nagsabi non sa pinsan ko siya pa yung galit??? Huuuuy. Enlightenment me please. Di ka titino hanggat walang nagcacall out sa ugali mo no? 2023 na pero nang-bobody shame ka pa rin???
Siguro wala lang sa inyo yung sinabi nyo, pero ang bigat nyan sa pinagsabihan nyo. Di lang nagsalita pinsan ko pero nasasaktan yan. Think twice before you speak. Lalo na kung wala namang kwenta sasabihin nyo.
Sa tatlong lumapit samin kagabi na kasama nyo para mag-sorry dahil alam nilang below the belt din yung joke ng kasama nyo, salamat po, buti pa kayo naintindihan nyo tong “ka-OA-yan” ko. Thank you for not invalidating my cousin’s feeling.
FiveMonkeysGapan para alam nyo Suki nyo ko pero ekis kayo dito.
PS: Kung tingin nyo at ng mga kainuman nyo kagabe OA ako at bakit mas galit pa ko sa pinsan ko, ayan check the photo, iyak ng iyak pinsan ko pagka-alis namin sa inyo, hindi lang nakaalma habang nandon pa kase ang dami nyo, dalawa lang kame, tapos kayo pa yung mas galit. Nagtataka kayo bakit ang sama ng tingin ko sa inyo. Sabi pa ng owner ng fivemonkeys saken “Don’t look at me like that.” Malamang??? Anong gusto nyo mag-beautiful eyes ako sa inyo after bastusin ng kasama nyo pinsan ko?
PPS: Suki ako sa FiveMonkeys. Weekly nandyan kami ng pinsan ko pag rest day ko. Ka-close ko na nga mga crew dyan eh, even the singers. Kahit mga friends ko sa fb alam na madalas ako dyan kase lagi kong mina-myday. Kaya gustong gusto namin umiinom ng pinsan ko dyan, kase tahimik at chill lang, kumbaga naging safe place na namin sya every saturday. Kaya nakakadisappoint na sa inyo pa namin mararanasan yung ganito.”
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