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Make all public body shaming in the media, and in public, a criminal offence.
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43 signatures
What the petition asks
94% of teenagers girls have faced being body shamed - this causes teenagers to be body dimorphic, depressed, anorexic and in severe cases, can lead them to have suicidal thoughts. It is a very serious problem, especially in the era of social media and nothing is being done about it.
Body-shaming:
>The action or practice of humiliating someone by making mocking or critical comments about their body shape or size.
Body dimorphic disorder (BDD) is a mental disorder characterized by the obsessive idea that some aspect of one's own appearance is severely flawed and warrants exceptional measures to hide or fix it.
>The action or practice of humiliating someone by making mocking or critical comments about their body shape or size.
Body dimorphic disorder (BDD) is a mental disorder characterized by the obsessive idea that some aspect of one's own appearance is severely flawed and warrants exceptional measures to hide or fix it.
Timeline
| 20 Oct 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 20 Apr 2018 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
43
Status
Closed
Opened
20 Oct 2017
Closed
20 Apr 2018
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