What we want people to understand is that when you accept or perpetuate objectifying ideals—because you personally benefit from the validation or you don’t see the harm—you are simultaneously the oppressor and the oppressed. You are upholding an objectifying system that divides you against yourself as you slip outside of your body to evaluate it, and it also pushes everyone in your influence to divide against themselves, as you invite people to measure their value or their health by their appearance too.
