….“slut-shamed” or told something along the lines of “if you didn’t dress like that, maybe this wouldn’t have happened.” Having a mindset like this, can lead to another form of verbal abuse- body shaming.
Recently, Dallas WFAA Channel 8 traffic anchor, Demetria Obilor, was a victim of body shaming when a Facebook user dedicated a post to Obilor, that included a picture of the news anchor and said how she was offended by her body, claiming she looked “ridiculous” for being “a size 16/18 woman in a size 6 dress.”
WATCH: Traffic Anchor Demetria Obilor Responds to Body Shamers
Anchor Responds to Online Body Shaming | The View
“This is the way that I’m built. This is the way that I was born." Demetria Obilor, a local traffic anchor with ABC affiliate WFAA-TV in Dallas, made headlines for her inspiring response after a woman body-shamed her on social media: http://abcn.ws/2ylMLja
Posted by Good Morning America on Thursday, November 9, 2017
After receiving a ton of backlash from social media, the attacker didn’t acknowledge her form of verbal abuse to Obilor, yet claimed the “racist mafia” was being too critical. So, apparently, all of social media was being too critical on her, yet, she wasn’t being too critical on Obilor’s body.
Right.
Sadly, abusers almost rarely remember what they did, or often, like in Obilor’s case, they refuse to acknowledge their wrong-doing, but the victims have to live with it every day.
However, in today’s times with the help of social media, their experiences are no longer going unacknowledged or being dealt with quietly. And with #MeToo, these five letters represent every single person who was once a victim, and is now a survivor.