<p>A middle school in USA's Mississippi planned to offer shapewear to girl students dealing with body image issues but after facing severe backlash, they cancelled the move.</p>
<p>The incident came to light when one Ashley Heun&rsquo;s daughter brought home a school letter requesting her signature.&nbsp;</p>
<p>In the letter, parents received information on helping girls develop a healthy body image by wearing shapewear. The parents were given options and if they wanted to avail the option, they needed to inform the school about particular sizes.</p>
<p>According to <strong><a href="https://www.today.com/parents/school-offers-girls-shapewear-address-body-image-concerns-t244765?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma" rel="nofollow">Today</a></strong>, Ashley said, &ldquo;I decided words and social media is a good tool and I would use that to rally the troops to change this and to really let the school know how exactly tone-deaf it was."</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">This is what was sent home with my 8th grade daughter at Southaven Middle School. All girls were sent home with this letter. I&rsquo;m appalled at the fact that they are trying to fix &ldquo;negative body image&rdquo; by sending home SHAPEWEAR! <a href="https://twitter.com/cory_uselton?ref_src=twsrc-Etfw">@cory_uselton</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/TweetDCS?ref_src=twsrc-Etfw">@TweetDCS</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/DCSeNews?ref_src=twsrc-Etfw">@DCSeNews</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/SouthavenMiddle?ref_src=twsrc-Etfw">@SouthavenMiddle</a> <a href="https://t.co/tmluXTW990">pic.twitter.com/tmluXTW990</a></p>
&mdash; Ashley Heun (@ashleyheun) <a href="https://twitter.com/ashleyheun/status/1481050288664551424?ref_src=twsrc-Etfw">January 11, 2022</a></blockquote>
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<p>After her tweet, Ashley received an apology in person from the principal at school and they told her that they have discontinued the program.</p>
<p>&ldquo;The district has been made aware of the parental permission form sent to parents by Southaven Middle School,&rdquo; Lauren Margeson, the DeSoto County Schools&rsquo; assistant to the superintendent, told Today. She further said, &ldquo;District officials understand how this type of information causes serious concern from parents."</p>
<p>The users on social media also backed up Ashley and called out the school for their directive.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Wow. Not only is it rude and distasteful, but it&rsquo;s wayyyy creepy to suggest that children wear Spanx.</p>
&mdash; Genny Dill (@GennyDill) <a href="https://twitter.com/GennyDill/status/1481506862159826946?ref_src=twsrc-Etfw">January 13, 2022</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">The stupidity.</p>
&mdash; Esther "America's back!" Clark? (@PortlandEsther) <a href="https://twitter.com/PortlandEsther/status/1481454733655445505?ref_src=twsrc-Etfw">January 13, 2022</a></blockquote>
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