Because “fat” and “ugly” aren’t feelings.
Facebook is always looking for ways to pinpoint exactly what you're doing and how you're feeling.
Fun fact: When you post a status update, the site asks, "how are you feeling?" and the suggested answers include "fat" and "ugly."
Some activists feel that Facebook needs to remove those options from its endless list of "feelings," because they say it promotes negative body image.
This is Rebecca Guzelian. Rebecca is one a group of activists that started a Change.org petition encouraging Facebook to remove the "ugly" and "fat" feelings options.
"Did you know that Facebook lets you tell all your friends just how much you hate your body?," reads the petition.
"Having these word choices completely normalizes using derogatory descriptive terms in the place of real feelings," said Guzelian on the petition. "How can a person feel ‘fat’ or ‘ugly’ when these aren't actually feelings?" ... "What’s worse is that these adjectives are judgmental and forced on us by society to make women (and increasingly men) feel negatively about their otherwise healthy bodies!"
Guzelian is interning as a clinical psychologist and works with people struggling with eating disorders.
"When someone says 'I feel fat' what they’re really communicating is that they feel unattractive, unhappy, embarrassed and insecure about their body," she continued. "And believe it or not, these feelings are most commonly a response to the unrealistic, culturally promoted ideals of thinness and beauty that are shoved in our faces every single day."
via on BuzzFeed
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