Talk:Weight stigma
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[edit] Expansion
I really think that this article should be expanded because weight descrimination is very, very common. The article isn't bad or anything, I just think it's a big issue and deserves more attention than it's currently getting.CerealBabyMilk 06:47, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Terminology
It was my understanding that the expression "overweight" can be considered weightist when used in such a generalized context. Perhaps the substitution of "heavy", or a similarly unloaded word, for overweight would be appropriate in this article. Anlala 02:06, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
"Overweight" certainly implies a norm to which the person is being compared. As a lifelong fatty, I prefer "fat." Or perhaps "buxom" or "rotund" or "stout" some other descriptive word that is not comparative and also not a euphemism (like "heavy").Sblackmun 00:53, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] What about underweight people?
Although I do see that weightism against perhaps more buxom individuals is much more common -- the discrimination against underweight people is just as bad when it does happen; myself being a victim. Such as being accused of being anorexic/bulimic (I've had a few people call me such things even out in public), even though all my life I've been underweight and just don't gain weight no matter how much I eat (nor do I want to gain weight; I'm happy with my weight and other people should be, too.) I'm sure you would get annoyed of hearing "Oh my God, you need to eat, honey! Put some meat on those bones" over and over again, just as much as more heavier people would get annoyed of hearing "You need to stop eating so much, and lay off the sweets" or something along those lines. (Yeeh (talk) 19:06, 14 May 2008 (UTC))