How Do Labels Affect Society

Labels are everywhere. No matter who you are, we all have labels. These labels could be positive, but could also be negative. Labels affect people every day and can sometimes change who they really are. I get labeled all the time, whether I’m at school or in public. I get told that I’m tall, pretty, and nice by older people a lot. Those are the kind of labels I enjoy hearing. My friends and family tell me all those things, including how smart and funny I am. Labels like these are the kinds of labels that give me confidence to be myself around others. It encourages me to try harder in school and in work. These labels are the labels I want others to see me as. There are also labels that I can live with, but doesn’t give me the confidence that the positive labels gave me. Being 5 feet 10 inches and 110 pounds, I get reminded in school and out of school on how skinny I am. In the locker room at school, I cannot change without getting a comment on how skinny I am. I get a lot of comments from people on my height. Most ask if the weather is different since I’m so tall. …show more content…
People assume that because I have the label skinny, means that I don’t eat. I get a lot of those comments at school since I don’t eat at the school. That is when I get the anorexic label. This is when the labeling game goes too far to the point that it is degrading my self-confidence. I get told by classmates that I am too skinny and I need to gain weight. I don’t think they realize it, but, in my opinion, that comment is the same as me calling someone too fat and that they need to lose weight. For some reason in this society, fat shaming is looked down on as bad, but skinny shaming is okay. This is a real problem in my