Current Events > TikTok has BANNED searches for 'legging legs'

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/legging-legs-trend-tiktok-social-media-experts/

"Legging legs" is the latest body-focused term being used on social media and some are calling the trend dangerous and harmful. The phrase, which is blocked from search on TikTok, caught on as a description of the "perfect" or "ideal" size and shape of legs for wearing leggings, promoting what experts say can be an unhealthy body image.

It appears to be a new spin on the internet-fueled "thigh gap" craze from around 2013, in which young women and teens pursued an elusive and possibly dangerous goal of being slender enough for their thighs not to touch when standing with their feet together.

Social media trends that draw attention to body shape and appearance can have both a negative effect on those already impacted by eating disorders and also put others at risk, says Elizabet Altunkara, director of education at the National Eating Disorders Association.

"The new trend 'legging legs' is problematic as it suggests that only certain body types are able to wear a piece of clothing an idea that promotes the appearance ideal we have all been exposed to and whose internalization may put people at risk to develop an eating disorder," Altunkara says.

Dr. Samantha DeCaro, director of clinical outreach and education at The Renfrew Center, a network of eating disorder treatment facilities, calls the trend "yet another inappropriate way to body shame individuals."

"These types of trends are destructive," she says. "Body dissatisfaction is a major risk factor in the development and maintenance of an eating disorder."

While some "legging legs" videos circulating on social media did feature slim legs and thigh gaps, the trend doesn't specify the exact standard for what defines the "legging legs" category seemingly leaving the label up to others' judgment. But it broadly highlights the same view of certain body ideals as the earlier "thigh gap" trend.

TikTok has not responded to CBS News' request for comment, but it appears the company has blocked the term and hashtag from the app. A search of "legging legs" on TikTok doesn't return video results instead, the app provides a link to resources about eating disorders.

"While we applaud TikTok for removing the hashtag and replacing it with links to eating disorder resources, space needs to be given for continued conversations and education on the fact that self-worth is not determined by ones' bodies," DeCaro says.

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The bottom line? Regardless of their body shape and size, people should be able to wear what they like without judgment.

"Leggings are for everyone, not solely for a specific body type," Altunkara says.

Scandalous.

The ban of course.

I would rather them ban "challenge" before this.

"The new trend 'legging legs' is problematic as it suggests that only certain body types are able to wear a piece of clothing an idea that promotes the appearance ideal we have all been exposed to and whose internalization may put people at risk to develop an eating disorder," Altunkara says.

the trend doesn't specify the exact standard for what defines the "legging legs" category

kinda makes it seem like they are making things up when they say it promotes certain body types or promotes unhealthy body image
maybe people using that term just want to see women wearing leggings despite the body type

So what exactly causes a thigh gap? I thought that was fake at first

Tho ik some are fake or manipulated to make the gap look wider than it actually is.

They keep up shit about how to steal cars, but this is where they draw the line? Tik tok is weird

Ratchetrockon posted...

So what exactly causes a thigh gap? I thought that was fake at first

Hip width, it's mostly genetics. But some people with small hip are on extreme diet to reduce the fat on the thigh to artificially made a thigh gap.

Ricemills posted...

Hip width, it's mostly genetics. But some people with small hip are on extreme diet to reduce the fat on the thigh so artificially made a thigh gap.

Ahh ok thanks for the info

Ricemills posted...

Hip width, it's mostly genetics. But some people with small hip are on extreme diet to reduce the fat on the thigh so artificially made a thigh gap.

Yeah, girls were starving themselves. Literally.

Yet they still have all these beauty filters up which also has a negative effect on how people view themselves and others. No one can be happy with themselves so they need beauty filters. But some leggings craze is where they draw the line so weird.

Odd that thats where they draw the line.

It's more like China thinks no women should be wearing leggings.

Jiek_Fafn posted...

They keep up shit about how to steal cars, but this is where they draw the line? Tik tok is weird

Probably going to be a little touchy since their CEO went before Congress recently.

Quicksilver posted...

Yet they still have all these beauty filters up which also has a negative effect on how people view themselves and others. No one can be happy with themselves so they need beauty filters. But some leggings craze is where they draw the line so weird.

Timing probably has a lot to do with their CEO testifying before Congress this week.

Ratchetrockon posted...

So what exactly causes a thigh gap? I thought that was fake at first

It's another one of the endless list of physical traits for men and women to torture themselves over.

Ewww thigh gap.

I wanna see a thicc mami with thighs that fight against each other trying to ascert dominance.

Wide hips with that little gap at the top *monkey neuron activation*

Jiek_Fafn posted...

They keep up shit about how to steal cars, but this is where they draw the line? Tik tok is weird

Lol