RIO DE JANEIRO, RJ (FOLHAPRESS) - Leandra Leal returned to social media this Thursday (20) to explain the statements she made on the program "Sem Censura" about the use of weight-loss pens for aesthetic purposes. The actress denied having criticized medications or defended obesity and said she considered the return to the standard of extreme thinness a "setback".
Leandra Leal criticizes the return to the cult of thinness and clarifies her talk about weight-loss pens
RIO DE JANEIRO, RJ (FOLHAPRESS) - Leandra Leal returned to social media this Thursday (20) to explain the statements she made on the program "Sem Censura" about the use of weight-loss pens for aesthetic purposes. The actress denied having...
And three: I think the return of the beauty standard of extreme thinness is a setback," he said. Leandra, who recently played the character Zilá in "Coração Acelerado", regretted that the repercussion focused on excerpts from her participation in the program presented by Cissa Guimarães at the beginning of August.
- According to her, the speeches dealt with women's relationship with their own bodies and the way society establishes beauty standards.
- "It's a standard that we suffer a lot to reach," he complained.
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"One: I'm not demonizing the use of weight-loss pens. Two: I'm not romanticizing obesity. And three: I think the return of the beauty standard of extreme thinness is a setback," he said.
Leandra, who recently played the character Zilá in "Coração Acelerado", regretted that the repercussion focused on excerpts from her participation in the program presented by Cissa Guimarães at the beginning of August. According to her, the speeches dealt with women's relationship with their own bodies and the way society establishes beauty standards. "It's a standard that we suffer a lot to reach," he complained.
For the actress, the demand for thinness harms her self-esteem. "Society believes that the female body is something public and can be debated, judged, dominated, evaluated and standardized."
She also differentiated the medical use of pens from their application for aesthetic purposes. "It is an extremely beneficial and effective medicine in combating a brutal disease like obesity," he said. For Leandra, when there is clinical indication, treatment should be used.
The actress, however, criticized the use of medication as a way of achieving beauty standards. "We have a tendency to use medications and shortcuts to reach patterns that imprison us," he said.
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