Body shaming in my culture

Hi, I wanted to bring to this discussion something. I am an American of South Asian origin. In my culture there can sometimes be body shaming. This can be related to OCD in the way that Body Dysmorphia is OC-related. I would like to bring it up also as a non-OCD issue. There is colorism where a lot of people have an obsession with fair skin and darker-skinned people don’t get the same chances as fair-skinned ones (for example, most leading ladies in my parents’ homeland film industry are fair-skinned). In matrimonial ads people describe their daughters and even sons as “fair” as well as “slim” and “beautiful” and “handsome”. A Change.org petition caused skin-lightening cream (or skin-brightening, as the company claims) Fair and Lovely to change their name to “Glow and Lovely”. It has caused even some young women to commit suicide (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50218947.amp). All skin tones are beautiful and unique. Don’t feel bad about yourself. You are beautiful as you are! People may criticize women for being heavier; my own cousin was rejected by a potential suitor because he thought she was “too short” and “too fat”. I find this highly disrespectful. Let’s treat others the way we would want to be treated. If he has a sister, what if a potential suitor called his sister that? Would he like it? Probably not. Skin bleaching is not good for your health, either. Thank you and feel free to share your thoughts.