How can someone hate his/her body without ascribing value to certain attributes/qualities? The act of liking/disliking something means you are measuring that thing against an ideal.

ie: my breasts are not ‘ideal’ (whatever that means to me), therefore i hate them.

This act of ‘valuing’ is not a solitary one. It is a social one, where the individual’s ‘ideal’ is informed by what they are taught and what they believe.

ie: my breasts are not ‘ideal’ because I’ve been taught that femininity is weakness and it’s easier to be a man.

But individuals are rarely reflective, so the above assumptions are rarely explored. It’s simply “My breasts are icky to me.” But a statement like that does not manifest from the ether — it’s a reflection of a deeper underlying belief. Those underlying beliefs are lies. They are based on shallow understandings of femininity and masculinity.

If individuals wish to pursue those beliefs, then fine. But don’t expect those of us who have thought more deeply to go alongwith them and accept them. Those lies are abhorrent to me. I will never accept that anyone’s body is not ‘right’ or ‘ideal’, and is disgusting and needs to be altered.