lesson 29 - body positivity

Lesson 29 - Body Positivity

Lesson 29. Body Positivity

Learning Objectives 2

1. Define what “body positivity” is.2. Apply what it means to be “body positive” in daily life.3. Explain the journey of accepting oneself as told from the perspective

of a person with disabilities.4. Infer relevant information from the provided reading text.5. Explore how men perceive and deal with their body image.6. Employ “I wish” in sentences correctly.7. Contrast the difference between the “K” and the “T” sound in a

sentence.

Warm Up 3

How much do you know about body positivity? Click the link, take the quiz and let’s figure it out!Source: https: //spunout.ie/mental-health/eating-disorders/body-image-quiz


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Introduction 4

Body positivity is a social movement initially created to empower and shed light on plus size women andmen, while challenging the ways in which society presents and views the physical body. The movementadvocates the acceptance of all bodies regardless of physical ability, size, gender, race, or appearance. Thegoal of the movement is to address unrealistic beauty standards and to build the confidence of oneself andothers.

The movement sets forth the notion that beauty is a construct of society and poses that this constructshould not infringe upon one's ability to feel confidence or self-worth. The idea surrounding the bodypositivity movement is centered around the notion that both men and women need to love themselves tothe fullest while accepting their physical traits.

In A Nutshell


What Are We Insecure About? 5

These are a few insecurities that both men and women could experience. Identify what their concerns are.

a. Being too tallb. Having flabby stomachc. Being overweight/fatd. Receding hairlinee. Having big thighsf. Being too shortg. Physical disabilitiesh. Having frecklesi. Having acnej. Being thin/underweight

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Vocabulary: Body Positivity Related Vocabulary 6

A. InsecurityB. EmbraceC. ObjectificationD. Social constructE. Unrealistic beauty standardsF. Self-acceptanceG. Eating disorderH. WholesomeI. Social movementJ. Self-improvementK. Self-esteem

1. Being conducive to or suggestive of good health and mental well-being.2. A concept or perception of something based on the collective views developed and

maintained within a society or social group.3. Accepting something with open mind/heart.4. The action of degrading someone to the status of a mere object.5. Belief and confidence in your own ability and value.6. A feeling of lacking confidence and not being sure of your own abilities or of whether

people like you.7. The act or state of understanding and recognizing one's own abilities and limitations.8. An illness in which people eat far too little or far too much food and are unhappy with their

bodies.9. The process of making yourself a better or more knowledgeable person.10. A loosely organized effort by a large group of people to achieve a particular goal, typically

a social or political one.11. Ideas of beauty with no regards to inclusivity or people’s varying innate physical traits.


Reading Exercise 7

Body image and confident go hand-in-hand. If you’re content with your body and acceptance it, then you will be confidence.However, things are not that simply. Confidence issues can application to everyone, disabled or not. But there is a very differentdilemma that many disabled people endure. It is a nature human instinct to love yourself, but what happening when your body shapefails to meet the idea of what is supposed to be ‘liked’, you become trapped in an internal conflict within you that eventually destroysyour self confidence, leading to possibly isolation even when surrounding by many. For some young disability people, it can bedifficult to have good body confidence when you have a physical disability, and I as a teenager was one of them. Be underweight formy age and having muscular dystrophy were not major issues to me. In my eyes, the thing that made me difference was my scoliosis.I never realized that I was different to others until it reached an advanced stage. And it wasn’t the actual curve that made me dislikemyself, but instead the brace I had to wear. That’s when I felt more different and isolated, which made me hate wearing the brace.Throughout my time at school I struggle, but I did not allow anyone to notice it. I knew that to survival such environment you mustnever show your vulnerable. So I focused on my strong, I studied hard, excelled at most subjects and my confidence grew slow. Thisconfidence reached its peak when those who mocked me wanted my help with their homework and, after a short while, asked to bemy friends. I forgave them and accepted their friendship, as their taunting was ,in a way, a defensive mechanism that protected theirown vulnerability and worries about their appearance. No one is perfect and we all have things about our bodies that we are not keenon. But overtime we have learnt that what you don’t like and choose not to ‘see’, others will ignore too. I ignored comments thatreached my ears, stopped looking at mirrors and concentration only on things that I chose to see. My body is my, whatever it lookslike. I will now accepting and protect it from others. My body has given me “strength” that many with ‘normal’ bodies lack because ithas allowed me to discover and see people for who they really are.

Pay attention to the highlighted words and change the incorrect forms of the words in the text.

Adapted from: https://disabilityhorizons.com/2015/12/disability-and-body-image-fitting-in-when-your-body-does-not/


https://disabilityhorizons.com/2015/12/disability-and-body-image-fitting-in-when-your-body-does-not/

Reading Text Exercise 8

Answer these following questions1. How can one be confident according to the writer of the

passage? 2. What does the writer of the passage consider to be natural

human instinct? Correct these following false statements

3. It’s impossible to feel alone when we’re surrounded by many people.

4. The writer of the passage wrote about how disabled people might feel about their physical appearance from the point of view of an able-bodied person.

5. The curve caused by scoliosis of the writer’s body madeher dislike herself.

6. The writer went through her school period with ease.7. The writer had help with her school subjects from her

friends.8. Some of her schoolmates used to mock her because they

disliked the way the writer looked.

1. How do you find the writer’s journey in attaining her self-acceptance with her physical conditions?

2. How does reading the writer’s struggles with her physicaldisabilities make you feel about your own insecurity?

3. From your perspective, why would some people mock/dragothers down when they themselves have some physicalinsecurities of their own?

4. What do you think you would like to say to the writer of thepassage if you ever met her in person?

Reading ComprehensionFree Responses


Listening Activity 9

1. Men’s body image according to the hosts:

• What it’s about:

• What it’s NOT about:

3. What is Finn asking Rob in the beginning of the recording?

4. What does Rob think about Finn’s physical appearance?

5. What is the survey about?

6. Which university carried out the survey?

7. How does the host define the terminology “bodily expectation”?

8. What is Rob’s current concern regarding his physique?

9. What are the lengths some men are willing to go to accomplish what they deem to be the “perfect body”

mentioned in the recording?

10. What does the host think is the best approach to attain positive body image?

11. What does this following number mean?

• 80:

Listening 29.1Listen to the recording carefully and answer these questions

below.


Grammar Bits: Use Of “I Wish” 10

I wish

+ past simpleUse: Things we would like to be different now or in

the future

• I wish I had a more positive perception towards my body.• I wish I didn’t have to be so hard on my body .• I wish Elliot were more laid-back towards his own body.

+ past perfectUse: Things that happened in the past and we regret

• I wish I had taken better care of myself.• I wish I had paid more attention to the gym class back in high

school.• I wish I had had better and supportive friends who didn’t judge

people based on their physical appearances.

+ wouldUse: Things that annoy us;

we would like them to change/stop

• I wish society would stop with their unrealistic ideas of beauty.• I wish people would be more open to the ideas of inclusive beauty .• I wish my friends would focus more on their strengths.

Note:Do NOT use: wish + would to wish about yourself.Saying: I wish I would is INCORRECT


Grammar Exercise 11

What do people wish for a better body image?Example:

• The habit comparing myself to others 🡪 I wish I stopped comparing myself to othersExplanation: because it’s a habit (implying that it happens from time to time) that we wish could be different, so we’d have to use I wish + past simple

✔ People stop body shaming others

✔ Stop desiring to look skinny

✔ Have better self-esteem

✔ Regretting being on over diet

✔ Regretting being over critical towards our own body

✔ Stop caring what the media thinks I should look like

✔ Society to view people past their look/physical appearance

✔ Wishing body positivity movement started when one was younger

Change every point below into a wish in its correct form


Idiomatic Expressions 12

Used to say that a person's character is more important than how they lookBeauty Is Only Skin Deep

I hate to disappoint you, but in Nancy's case, beauty is definitely only skin-deep

A way of saying that you are very pleased to see someoneA Sight For Sore Eyes

You're a sight for sore eyes!

If someone is all skin and bone, they are very thin or too thin(All) Skin And Bone

After trekking in the Himalayas, he was all skin and bone

To be attractive on the surface but lack substance underneathAll Fur Coat And No Knickers

I thought David and I would really get along well, but we had nothing to talk about at dinner—he's all fur coat and no knickers

Idioms On Physical Appearance

The perception of beauty is subjective - what one person finds beautiful another may notBeauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder

In the judge's eyes she may have a beautiful face; but beauty is in the eye of the beholder


Speaking Drill 13

1. What does a positive body image mean to you?

2. What usually helps you to feel more comfortable in your own skin? (For example: taking long

shower)

3. What things do you think you can eliminate (for example: screen time on Instagram) from your life

that doesn’t make you feel good?

4. How deep have the ideas of unrealistic beauty standards been internalized in our subconscious?

5. If both women and men are prone to feeling insecurities regarding their physique, then why do you

think that it’s more common/rampant among women?

6. What factors would you say perpetuate the notion of “beauty standard” that has been established

for ages in our society?

7. How would you define the notion of “inclusive beauty”?

8. What do you think you can do to make the society more open to the idea of inclusive beauty?


Express Yourself

Pronunciation Drill 14

1. I found a key at the bottom of my tea!

2. Keith likes to brush his teeth.

3. Please take the cake over there.

4. The cop is standing on top of the hill.

5. What a cool looking tool!

6. The tap dancer was wearing a cap.

7. Don't tease me... give me the keys!

8. Mom ate some toffee with her coffee.

9. The little tot slept in a cot.

10. The baby cub is in the tub.


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