Lack of Documentation on the Phenomenon of Body Shaming in Romania. In Search of a method...
Lack of Documentation on the Phenomenon of Body Shaming in Romania. In Search of a method...

Author(s): Alexandru Radu
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Fine Arts / Performing Arts
Published by: Editura ARTES
Keywords: body shaming; theatre; dance;
Summary/Abstract: My research is based mainly on the vast phenomenon that we call body shaming. Although it has existed for a long time in social interactions, the phenomenon has inevitably spread much faster with the evolution of social media platforms, and is part of the wide range of contemporary psycho-somatic disorders. In a first analysis of the subject, we can formulate the false impression that body shaming is an isolated manifestation of negative remarks, about one individual’s weight by another, in order to denigrate it. But if we look at the depth of the psychic processes that arise from such an interaction, we see that, in fact, body shaming has far more complex implications in everyday life. For example, certain verbal expressions we use daily can become triggers of bodily trauma to those around us, without our intention having any derogatory purpose. Internationally, the phenomenon has already raised some question marks among psychologists and industries that include working with body shapes, thus forming an opportunity to study the triggering mechanisms of body shaming, its forms and the effects it can have on an individual. Society itself has become familiar with the harmful effects and has developed an ability to censor itself in such situations. In Romania, however, the phenomenon is just beginning to be introduced into society as a real problem of the 21st century, research on it being even less common.

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