Update! After receiving some comments requesting a form of proof for the studies I mentioned in this post, I have decided to make it readily available for everyone to view. This was mentioned in a previous post, I can't expect every person to read every post, so for your convienience you can view my report here, which was for a Social Psychology class in my 2nd year of my Psychology degree. I received a very good mark on this paper and I invite you to check each and every resource I have listen so YOU can clearly see the numbers, and the science that backs what I have said here! Again, thanks for reading! http://dreamars.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/the-truth-about-weight-based-dscrimination/
I do not want skinny people to eat more and get fat. Why would I want that? What should it solve? As an overweight individual I have experienced discrimination first hand, and no matter what "skinny people" say, they just do not experience the same discrimination. I was disgusted to find out that there are numerous employers who require an applicant to send them a face photo, as well as a body shot...just to get an interview. How can someone have that knowledge and still think that skinny people have it just as bad? How many skinny people have been denied a job due to their weight? The fact of the matter is that "normal" and underweight individuals obtain more jobs than those who are overweight or obese, despite qualifications.
This entire thing reminds me far too much of racism. This would be like a white person saying that they are equally effected by racism. Come on!! Get real.
No one is telling you to get fatter. That would be ridiculous as everyone knows that being overweight is unhealthy. And yes, I agree, that those (including myself) who are overweight, should do more to lose weight, for obvious health reasons. What we are telling you, is to get off your high horse and stop complaining that your life is so hard because of your perfect skinny figure. It is common knowledge that skinny individuals get better jobs, get promoted easier, and even tend to make more money. Do the research, check the statistics on numerous studies conducted that prove this.
The picture I posted makes me sick. It disturbs me greatly to know that someone actually took the time to make it. When people post photos of larger than average women and say that they are proud of their curves, they aren't saying that you shouldn't feel beautiful. Everyone should feel beautiful...the cold hard truth is that skinny people don't get called disgusting, ugly, dirty, and lazy nearly as much as "fat" people. Being overweight is not considered beautiful in the media and that makes us feel ugly. We decide that we are finally going to take a stand against the mean, derogatory comments that we receive on a daily basis, and you, who is considered beautiful by the general public, decide to complain about it.
And who is to blame for this? Most say that men are to blame for the new beautiful, others say its the media. I agree, men play a large role in why those who are overweight find it hard to love themselves and feel beautiful, but who is responsible for making men that way? The media! At one time, a size 14 was considered to be gorgeous. Now, you are hard pressed to find a size 12 at a regular store. Have you ever taken a look at just how small the small really is? It is frightening. Children can fit into these clothes...children can comfortably fit into clothes made for grown adults. Can you not see what is wrong with that? Girls go into a store to buy a new dress, they go for their usual size of a medium...try it on, only to find it is too small. This, in turn, makes them feel fat which depresses them, because "men don't like fat girls". Clothing stores are always making their sizes smaller and smaller, which leads girls to loose more and more weight to the point that they are bony. The media has made men believe that bony is sexy, and it can be. If you are bony, you are no less sexy than someone who is overweight, the problem is that being underweight is just as unhealthy as being overweight. You run the same risks for heart disease and congestive heart failure.
Men are to blame, but it isn't their fault. They have been brainwashed into what they should find sexy. Each and every man is different, and some choose to not bother with size and consider women of all sizes sexy, which is the way it should be. But there are even more men who make it clear that the skinnier, the better.
Size should not determine how sexy someone is, and each and every woman should learn to love themselves whether they are fat, skinny, or somewhere in between. The media needs to start using models of a normal weight, rather than using extremely underweight individuals. I don't expect to see 400 pound models in the media, because that is just as dangerous as the promotion of being underweight. We need to start seeing women who are at the proper, healthy weight for their age and height. You would be shocked at how "fat" these normal weight women would appear. They aren't fat, they are healthy!
Now, please, if you are fat be proud...love yourself and love your curves. If you are super skinny...love yourself and love your bony figure. But stop complaining that skinny people have it just as bad, because you know what? You're wrong. You have it SO easy compared to overweight individuals, so if you do have it hard...imagine how hard someone bigger than you has it!
