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“I’ve never dated girls as big as her in the past.”
It was the despicable body-shaming comment that infuriated the nation when Married at First Sight’s Sam Ball first laid eyes on his “wife” Elizabeth Sobinoff.
“She’s got a beautiful face,” he continued. “Maybe I’ll get her running in the mornings!”
In the weeks that followed, Sam routinely disrespected his wife behind her back, and in interviews following the show’s filming, continued to comment on her appearance and belittle her.
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But tonight, it was Elizabeth’s own words on body image that have resonated with Australia, perfectly articulating everything wrong with “men like Sam”.
Men like Sam, who sorely needed to hear what women deal with on a daily basis.
Men like Sam who think it’s perfectly OK to talk about a woman’s body as though it is somehow “wrong” because it doesn’t meet the standards of a catwalk.
Men like Sam who desperately need to stop perpetuating the ever-present societal pressure on women to remain a certain size, look a certain way and appeal to the male gaze.
