Does society discriminate against obese people?
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Leah Holmes
Oct 28, 2009, 3:53:01 PM10/28/09
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79% say yes.
How?
Bouncers in clubs won't let fat girls in.
Employment issues: employers assume that obese people have no self-
control.
Seating on planes/trains/buses.
Fashion industry - the way clothes are designed and marketed, and the
reaction to obese people in 'fashionable' clothes. How people perceive
excess weight and excess flesh.
"Obese-ism" = the new racism?
How?
Bouncers in clubs won't let fat girls in.
Employment issues: employers assume that obese people have no self-
control.
Seating on planes/trains/buses.
Fashion industry - the way clothes are designed and marketed, and the
reaction to obese people in 'fashionable' clothes. How people perceive
excess weight and excess flesh.
"Obese-ism" = the new racism?
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