Post 40 – Chocolate and Degradation: When Sweetness Turned Sour
After giving birth, my body was changing in ways I wasn’t ready to accept. I was vulnerable, exhausted, and grieving the loss of my old self.
One day, Jeff came at me with a bottle of chocolate syrup. What should have been playful turned cruel. He poured it over my bare stomach and chest, the cold stickiness making me flinch.
Instead of laughter, his words cut deep: “Now you look like the fat pig you feel like.”
That moment was more than humiliation. It was a deliberate act of degradation — body shaming wrapped in a disturbing performance of “fun.”
I cried in silence that night, scrubbing myself raw, but the shame didn’t wash away. It lingered, tattooed on my mind long after the syrup was gone.
Tactics Breakdown – Sexual Humiliation and Control
- Exploitation of Vulnerability: Targeted postpartum body changes to deepen shame
- Dehumanizing Language: Used cruel insults to break self-esteem
- Coercive Play: Disguised abuse as “fun” to confuse and control
- Emotional Manipulation: Created trauma triggers linked to body image
- Power and Control: Used physical acts combined with verbal abuse to assert dominance
You Deserve to Feel Beautiful
No one has the right to degrade you — especially not in moments when you’re healing or vulnerable.
Your body is yours, and it deserves kindness, respect, and love.
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