Weight discrimination and women.

Question

Being an overweight women on tv I read is either seen as a joke/homor or just in as the best friend who never seems to have a love interest. Why is that?

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1388

In the workplace women are more likely to be treated badly, to the max.

http://news.msu.edu/story/763/&topic_id=11

In the future racewill mean nothing but weight will to the point of harassment.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/BeautySecrets/story?id=4568813&page=1

This below is a serious video but they made it into humor due to her size:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JSArLocw-Q

Isn't this part of womens rights? The right to be heavy or not without geting bad treatment?

Answer 1

I wouldn't say it's apart of women's rights.

Men and women can both be overweight, of course. It's more about shallowness and vanity- poking at insecurities.

It's wrong.  

Answer 2

What I find most troubling here is the automatic equation between being "fat" and poor eating habits.

Though many feminists advocate against discrimination towards fat people, it's not strictly done as a women's rights issue but as part of the feminist agenda to alleviate oppression. Fat people are under increasing amounts of public scrutiny and eating habits are not the only factor that explains the way they are.

Answer 3

You think fat boys have it easy? I'm pretty sure behind their self depreciating jokes they are crying on the inside.

Answer 4

I believe fat discrimination exists.  Especially morbidly obese candidates.  But, if the woman presents a well groomed and well dressed image, the bias is lessened a lot.  

Answer 5

Yeah, weight discrimination has been largely regarded as an "acceptable" social construct (by those without expertise in the field of obesity).  It's contemptable that obesity is an "acceptable" reason for discrimination, whilst other disability isn't.

It's terribly sad that so few people take the time to truly understand the complex nature of obesity and its underlying substrates.  Much more time is spent by modern Feminists in the advancement of their hateful agenda.

In a capacity where fitness is a key component of the job, e.g. modeling, obviously there is a necessary need for sective standards in the interest of the company's revenue.  But outside of such professions, there's really no reasonable basis for discriminatory practices against those with a medical condition.

Answer 6

Yes there is a lot of discrimination against people who are over weight. I remember when I was nearly at 240 pounds and people would tell me why don't I just loose weight. As though I wanted to be overweight. Then my doctor found out I had trouble metabolizing due to swollen adenoids. And once the adenoids were removed the weight came off with not much effort.

It's as though some people see an overweight person and automatically assume they are a lazy slob that doesn't care nothing about themselves. How wrong they are to make such a biased judgment.

Answer 7

Yes, as is the ability to be healthy without having to simply smile or come up with some excuse like "Oh I haven't had kids yet" when someone says "Your so skinny", "I don't know how you can eat that and look like that", or "Aren't you going to have more than two pieces of stuffed crust pizza?"

Discrimination against overweight women is a predominate problem in all areas of our life.  This is especially disheartening as more than 1/2 of women fall into this category.  Weight discrimination needs to be fought against on both fronts.  Sadly discrimination against healthy skinny....not underweight, women is seen as acceptable.  Weight discrimination gets little attention and is probably more common than sexism.

EDIT- I am a size 0 (at 5 foot tall, I am healthy...about 19% body fat), I am verbally confronted about my size at least once a week.

Answer 8

While it's not realistic to expect everyone to look like a model or athlete.  It is plenty realistic to get up, move around some, maybe even exorcise...  and stop binge eating.  Just eat healthier.

It's nobody's fault but your own if you eat unhealthy and don't exorcise.  It's definitely not a rights issue.  It's just rude.  But, it's also avoidable.

Sure, some people are predisposed to being a bit overweight, but not 150+ lbs overweight.  That's just not natural.

So, yeah, it sucks to get made fun of about it.  But, get up and do something about it rather than just complain.  It's totally without your own power.  

I'm not talking specifically to you, it applies to anyone in said situation.