When you step out of the lines and behave in ways that are nonconforming, there's often a backlash and social cost to that." "There's certain things that are normative, expected in society – heterosexuality and gender conformity being very strong, normative expectations and thinness being another," Saguy says. "People police that. As a result, Smith's video, which rebels against social expectations of both gender and body type, has provoked backlash on multiple fronts. Gender identity, sexuality and body image "are all interconnected," says Abigail Saguy, a sociology professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. Sam Smith is done wallowing in a new chapter of self-acceptance on 'Gloria' album Sam Smith controversy highlights two key issues, experts say Every time I went to the pool I felt self-conscious, but I forced myself to take my top off." I looked to role models in the body world. “Within my industry there is definitely that question of, ‘What should a pop star look like?'" Smith said. "When I was 25 I came off tour exhausted. In an interview with The Sunday Times published Jan. 22, Smith opened up about struggling with their body image in the past.
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