How teenagers beat each other up with rankings about their bodies

Three points out of ten? Or just two? People of all ages, especially women and girls, know what it’s like to have their bodies judged. When people blaspheme, compare and devalue – about yourself or others. When the gymnastics teacher who “explains” the leapfrog jump in front of the entire class with the stature of a child. Or the salesperson who says with a disdainful look that they certainly don’t have “that” size in their range. Or the classmates who shout “fat cow” after the girl in the hallway.