A Plus size TikToker has responded to criticisms of her relationship after online users claimed that her husband should be with somebody thinner than her.
Alicia McCarvell from Canada - who goes by the handle @aliciamccarvell on the social media platform - is known for promoting body positivity and preaching self-love to her 5.9 million followers.
However, she has sadly been bombarded with negative comments after sharing content with her husband, Scott, who was her high-school sweetheart.
In one particular video posted last July, McCarvell called out the reactions to a transition video showing the pair standing in front of a mirror in their towels before getting glammed up to attend a wedding together.
Watch McCarvell's video below:Although the video was a hit - amassing a whopping 52.9 million views - the content creator noticed that a lot of the comments were from people saying that their marriage didn’t "add up" because of the differences in their weight.
"My video went viral, and I know we all know why. It’s because by beauty standards we don’t make sense," she explained. "The world looks at us and immediately values Scott more than me."
"And since we don’t add up, people try to add things to my side of the equation to make it make sense by saying things like, 'Oh, she must not have been fat when they met' or 'Oh, she’s got to be rich,'" she continued. "Or they try to decrease his side of the equation by saying things like, 'He must be gay' or 'He fetishes fat women.'"
Mccarvell said those views reflected beauty standards set by a wider society that sees physically fit men and women as more compatible and added these values are not reflective of her marriage to Scott.
"We’ve been made to believe that somebody who is physically fit like Scott could never in a million years be in love with or compatible with a fat woman. And that’s solely because the world has literally taught us that we have to value our worth on our bodies," she explained.
"On the scale of what my husband values, how well my body fits into the beauty standard is not at the top of his list. He values my humor and my commitment and my love and my caring heart — and none of these things he values about me changes when my body changes," McCarvell added.
The clip received praise from many users on the video-sharing app, with one person writing: "I love this response! keep being the amazing person you are."
Another user said: "SAY IT AGAIN FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK! And for what it’s worth, I saw the transaction video and thought you looked stunning!"
A third commented: "You are the reason I am more comfortable with myself, with my husband. and he LOVES my new confidence!! thank you so much!!"
Mccarvell concluded her clap-back video by saying that it is our responsibility to "unlearn" the damaging ideas society has taught us. She told her followers: "If this is the way you think, it's the way you've been taught. However, it is your responsibility to unlearn it."
Mic drop.
