FAT SHAMING
Thanks NPR newsletter:
dated May 2, 2023
Studies show that the workplace imposes a "weight penalty" on women seen as overweight or obese. It's an unfair bias that men don't seem to face.
Multiple studies show that larger women tend to earn less, and the penalty increases as they age. But some studies found that white men seen as overweight actually earned more. A Harvard study found that while race, sexual orientation and skin tone biases decreased between 2007-2016, weight bias worsened. As women climb higher in the ranks, weight bias only gets worse. One study found that overweight female executives could see up to a 16% wage penalty.FAT FEMALE LIVES MATTER!
Today's quote:
In the small matters trust the mind, in the large ones the heart.
-Sigmund Freud, neurologist, founder of psychoanalysis (1856-1939)
This is the only saying by him that I totally agree with! -BR
PS: From FaceBook I found a link that might be worth looking at: It's Bigger Than Me.
...we have been sold an unrealistic expectation of life.
ReplyDeleteYep. At least a few newswomen have been welcomed locally...Greenville SC channel 7.
DeleteYes, even though I am just slightly more rounded round the middle...hardly anything compared to some...I get comments
ReplyDeleteI know that there are more health problems for more obese women. But these facts that fat women get paid less was just the last crumble of that cookie. I support anyone who wants to be more healthy...but now I support anyone who wants to speak up for FAT SHAMING!
DeleteI'm not surprised.
ReplyDeleteIt's certainly yet another way that many of us are sucked into the Madison Avenue models of America, and forgetting that it's perfectly natural to widen especially after having babies!
DeleteIt’s a difficult perception to overcome.
ReplyDeleteSo here I yam on my little soap box again!
DeleteMy sister is a very large woman, by all standards. Next to her I am miniscule, though I am very small next to anyone. It has been so all our lives. I attribute her size to poor care for her hypothyroidism by our family doctor. He did not recognize her abnormal weight gain as something to test for a failing thyroid. I did, as an adult, and sent her to my endocrinologist, who halted the problem. The weight is next to impossible to lose. I know. She has spent her life deflecting fat women comments and has internalized much of the pain. She required a knee replacement; her old knee had collapsed under the weight. The surgeon would not do the surgery until she lost some weight. With that diabetic drug she has lost 60 pounds and counting, and has a new knee!
ReplyDeleteSo much harm has been done by this. People just don't need this abuse.
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