Comments on: Fat Bitch

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:19:22 +0000

Anonymous, that’s really sad.
You’d rather suffer from an eating disorder than be a few pounds overweight? You don’t care that individuals with “overweight” BMI ratings have the HIGHEST life expectancy while people with “underweight” BMI ratings are dropping dead? Seriously, get your priorities straight.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 02:20:29 +0000

Sticks and stones only break bones, but words will hurt forever.
The way we treat “fat” people here in America is BS; humans are human, sharing all of the pain and problems and sorrows you and I have. Being fat doesn’t decrease your value as a human, nor does it reduce the respect that you should be given. As Aristotle once said, “Be kind to everyone you meet, for they are all fighting a hard battle.”
Even though that’s how I view things, I have to admit I don’t tend to be attracted to overweight people. I would far rather be anorexic then overweight. I know that’s pretty standard for the way most American ladies view things, but I’m not a female; I’m a straight guy.

By: sannanina

sannanina — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 11:51:33 +0000

“Sizeism remains the only truly socially acceptable form of discrimination on the planet,” Martin notes.
Thank you for linking to fat acceptance blogs. I just wanted to say something about above quote: Sizeism is not the only form of acceptable prejudice – in many circles racism and homophobia continue to exist quite openly, not to talk about that the majority of people who state (and even believe) that they are not racist or homophobic still hold subconscious prejudices that can influence behavior without them even noticing. Just because things have gotten better for some groups it doesn’t mean the problem of facing prejudice has disappeared. And I haven’t even talked about prejudices against people with disabilities, old people, or people of relatively low socio-economic background.
I don’t think the problem of prejudice will ever fully go away, and I think it is important to recognize this. It is unfortunately quite natural for us to think in terms of ingroups and outgroups and to attach value judgments to different groups. It is also natural (and to some degree necessary) for us to oversimplify and to assume all people in a group are the same. Just because it is natural, however, does not mean we shouldn’t fight against it. If we truly want a more just society we will actually have to fight for it in our own heads, and I believe history shows that there is possibility of improvement – we will just never fully reach the ideal of a totally prejudice free society.