Herstory Vol 4: The weights on our bodies

Featuring Payal, a sophomore from Gems New Millennium School Al Khail Dubai-UAE, planning to major in STEM in college, originally from India.

The story of every girl: The society always made me feel insecure about all my shortcomings. Whenever I met my relatives the only things I heard were girl,did you gain some weight, why are you so short? " hard to find a good partner for you if you don't work on yourself ". On the other hand, my brothers were praised for their gained weight showing true masculinity(I didn't know weight gain and being muscular represented masculinity?) The more I used Social Media, more I realised-how many girls out there are treated worse lately. They are body shamed for gaining weight as well as for being skinny, judged for what they wear and how they look(Can't understand why people judge others when they are worth nothing and imperfect.) Perfection lies in Imperfection. Change yourself to be a better version of yourself and not under the pressure of this heartless society.

Word of Advice

To all those girls out there trying to fit in this society system, I just want you to know that people come and go , when they need you they'll praise you, when they are done using you-they'll make you feel unworthy;but to you when you look into the mirror just remember that no one can love you better than yourself so start treating yourself well.