Yesterday whilst I was reading Cosmo I came across this term. I’d never even heard of it before, but apparently it’s becoming quite a big deal.
According to this website ‘fattism’ is particularly a problem in the workplace – with people being denied jobs and suffering name calling because they are overweight, so a lot of people are doing a lot of complaining and thinking that this is bad behaviour.
Personally I disagree. Sexism/racism..that’s bad...but fattism just seems like an excuse for overweight people to moan. How many overweight people would simply use this as an excuse for not getting a job, when really it’s just because there was a better candidate?
Maybe there is some truth in employers being less liable to employ overweight people, but sadly that’s just society. And I’d actually go as far to say that we aren’t just a nation of so called ‘fattists’ – we’re all ‘uglyist’. If we see somebody who doesn’t fit it to the standard of beauty then whether they are fat or stick thin they will suffer because of it.
This is a sad state of affairs, but realistically it’s not going to change because of legislation. If people have a problem with fattism they should at least make sure they are not suffering from this prejudice by not being overweight.
According to this website ‘fattism’ is particularly a problem in the workplace – with people being denied jobs and suffering name calling because they are overweight, so a lot of people are doing a lot of complaining and thinking that this is bad behaviour.
Personally I disagree. Sexism/racism..that’s bad...but fattism just seems like an excuse for overweight people to moan. How many overweight people would simply use this as an excuse for not getting a job, when really it’s just because there was a better candidate?
Maybe there is some truth in employers being less liable to employ overweight people, but sadly that’s just society. And I’d actually go as far to say that we aren’t just a nation of so called ‘fattists’ – we’re all ‘uglyist’. If we see somebody who doesn’t fit it to the standard of beauty then whether they are fat or stick thin they will suffer because of it.
This is a sad state of affairs, but realistically it’s not going to change because of legislation. If people have a problem with fattism they should at least make sure they are not suffering from this prejudice by not being overweight.
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