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In reply to the discussion: Is it a person's "fault" if they're fat? What does that question really mean? [View all]eridani
(51,907 posts)That is basically what fat bashing is all about. 100 years ago, being pale and fat made the social statement " I sit around in the shade all day and drink mint juleps, unlike you lower class slobs chopping cotton in the hot sun." Today, being tan and thin says "I play tennis in the summer and ski in the winter and can afford a personal trainer, unlike you lower class slobs sitting and standing around indoors in factories and offices."
It's also misogynistic. Muscle = male = good. Fat = female = bad. Even though fat women outlive men of "ideal" weight.
Also, you might consider getting over the snotty delusion that eating healthier and exercising more will make fat people into thin people. What it does mostly is change us into fat people who weight somewhat less and are healthier.