body neutrality
The concept of body neutrality encourages the mindset that a person's bodily appearance, and attitudes towards it, should have the least possible effect on their experience of life. Its proponents assert that people should neither be celebrated for their conformance with an ideal of bodily beauty nor criticised for departure from such a condition. It may be contrasted with Body positivity,{{cite web |title=Body Positivity vs. Body Neutrality |url=https://www.verywellmind.com/body-positivity-vs-body-neutrality-5184565 |website=Verywell Mind |access-date=27 February 2025 |language=en}} the Fat acceptance movement, Lookism, and body shaming. Some explanations of the concept emphasise a body's functionality over its aesthetics.
Amongst its better-known adherents are Erynn Chambers and Bethany C. Meyers.{{Cite web |last=Sreenivas |first=Shishira |title=What Is Body Neutrality? |url=https://www.webmd.com/beauty/what-is-body-neutrality |access-date=2023-09-14 |website=WebMD |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Godwin |first1=Cody Melissa |title=Body neutrality: What if you don't really love or hate your body? |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/54003440 |access-date=October 9, 2021 |work=BBC News |date=September 2, 2020}}{{Cite news|date=October 1, 2020 |title=Telesna neutralnost: Prihvatanje tela zbog svega onog što može da uradi, ne zbog toga kako izgleda |trans-title=Body Neutrality: Accepting the body for all it can do, not what it looks like |language=Bosnian |work=British Broadcasting Corporation |url=https://www.bbc.com/serbian/lat/svet-54087340 |access-date=September 19, 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Swami |first1=Viren |title=Body neutrality: what it is and how it can help lead to more positive body image |url=https://theconversation.com/body-neutrality-what-it-is-and-how-it-can-help-lead-to-more-positive-body-image-191799 |website=The Conversation |access-date=27 February 2025 |date=6 October 2022}}{{Cite web |title=Body Neutrality vs. Body Positivity |url=https://health.clevelandclinic.org/body-positivity-vs-body-neutrality |access-date=2024-03-03 |website=Cleveland Clinic |language=en}}