On body shaming

Why we shouldn’t impose our preferences on others

Source: Body shaming is more dangerous than you think (2020, The Jakarta Post)

A few weeks ago, George Buhnici, a Romanian blogger and podcaster I had never heard of, went viral after making some pretty nasty remarks towards women during an interview at the beach. Some of the most controversial comments were the following:

We come to the seaside to see skin, and I would like that skin not to have stretch…