Red Mosquito

B wrote:tree must listen to NPR. The guests on the show I was listening to yesterday made a pretty good argument that fat people are discriminated against in employment, which should never happen. One had a story about a doctor that refused to touch her during an examination, which should also not happen.

One also complained that someone took their blood pressure 3 times because they couldn't believe that was normal. I don't see why that's a problem among polite people. An obese person is WAAAY more likely to have high blood pressure then a non-obese person. A medical assistant should check their work. I wouldn't want my doctor to shrug off unexpected results.

You can't force people to find them attractive, but if fat people want people to stop pointing out their weight, pitying them, or calling them out as unhealthy, that's fine.

There was a person talking about airplanes. People complain loudly in front of her to airline staff and ask for her to be thrown off the airplane. I think that's a pretty shitty thing to do, but if I'm on a plane, and you're mashed up against me because you don't fit the seat, don't expect joyful conversation out of me.

BurtReynolds wrote:What is fat acceptance?

The fat acceptance movement (also known as fat pride, fat empowerment, and fat activism)[5] is a social movement seeking to change anti-fat bias in social attitudes by raising awareness among the general public about the obstacles faced by fat people.[6] Areas of contention include the aesthetic, legal, and medical approaches to people whose bodies are fatter than the social norm.

The modern fat acceptance movement began in the late 1960s. Besides its political role, the fat acceptance movement also constitutes a subculture which acts as a social group for its members.[7]

The movement has been criticized, with Cathy Young, writing for The Boston Globe, claiming that "the fat acceptance movement is hazardous to our health",[8] and Barbara Kay, writing for the National Post, stating that "fat-acceptance is not the answer to obesity."[9]

tree_ wrote:I mean really, does someone have to be sexually attractive to be pretty?

E.H. Ruddock wrote:Are we really doing this?

Simple Torture wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:Are we really doing this?

Let me catch my breath and then we can start.

B wrote:Isn't the point of this topic that people are more than their appearance? Lizzo doesn't give two fucks what tree and Burt think about her.

Maybe fat people just want to live their lives without strangers and acquaintances judging their appearance.