What Self-Respect Really Means
I was walking to class one morning when I heard two girls discussing a photo one of their friend’s posted. According to them, it was a photo of their friend who was showing a decent amount of cleavage. I heard one girl say to the other that she should have more ‘self-respect’ than to post something like that, and that girls have ‘more to offer than just their bodies’. I strolled along, and hoped that one day those girls would have the confidence to be proud in their body, however they chose to do it, instead of letting their insecurities get to them and having to cover it up by shaming someone else for being confident.
Self-respect is self-love. Self-respect is doing what you think is best for your mental and physical health. Self-respect is treating yourself kindly and making yourself feel comfortable …show more content…
Treating ourselves the same way is what self-respect should be, but most people would disagree.
What we do to make ourselves happy is no one else’s business. Self-respect is not changing who we are to make someone other than ourselves happy. It is not shaming others or judging them for doing something that makes them confident in who they are just because we would not do the same. Just because someone posts a body positive photo, or wears clothing that shows off their assets, does not mean they do not have respect for themselves. It is actually the exact opposite.
Our society has gotten so caught up in the idea that the more skin we show, the less deserving of respect we are; that self-respect is to cover up and to hide our bodies, even if we are more comfortable flaunting the skin we’re in. There is one thing that we all have in common, and that is a body. It is not taboo or improper to wear a short skirt or tight top if it promotes your self-esteem because your body is not taboo or
I was walking to class one morning when I heard two girls discussing a photo one of their friend’s posted. According to them, it was a photo of their friend who was showing a decent amount of cleavage. I heard one girl say to the other that she should have more ‘self-respect’ than to post something like that, and that girls have ‘more to offer than just their bodies’. I strolled along, and hoped that one day those girls would have the confidence to be proud in their body, however they chose to do it, instead of letting their insecurities get to them and having to cover it up by shaming someone else for being confident.
Self-respect is self-love. Self-respect is doing what you think is best for your mental and physical health. Self-respect is treating yourself kindly and making yourself feel comfortable …show more content…
Treating ourselves the same way is what self-respect should be, but most people would disagree.
What we do to make ourselves happy is no one else’s business. Self-respect is not changing who we are to make someone other than ourselves happy. It is not shaming others or judging them for doing something that makes them confident in who they are just because we would not do the same. Just because someone posts a body positive photo, or wears clothing that shows off their assets, does not mean they do not have respect for themselves. It is actually the exact opposite.
Our society has gotten so caught up in the idea that the more skin we show, the less deserving of respect we are; that self-respect is to cover up and to hide our bodies, even if we are more comfortable flaunting the skin we’re in. There is one thing that we all have in common, and that is a body. It is not taboo or improper to wear a short skirt or tight top if it promotes your self-esteem because your body is not taboo or