Weightism
Weight stigma, also known as weightism, weight bias, weight-based discrimination and fat shaming, is discrimination or stereotyping based on one's weight, especially very fat people.
Stigmatization based on body weight can lead to a devalued social identity and the stigmatized people are often ascribed stereotypes or other labels denoting a perceived deviance which can lead to prejudice and discrimination. Common, “weight-based”, stereotypes are that obese persons are lazy, lack self-discipline, and have poor willpower, but also possess defects of intelligence and character. Other common weight-based stereotypes of obese persons are that obese persons are unattractive, unhealthy, have a bad diet and/or don't exercise. Pervasive social portrayals of obesity create and reinforce biased attitudes.
See also
References
- Crandall, C. S. (1994). "Prejudice against fat people: Ideology and self-interest". Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 66: 882–894. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.66.5.882.
- Goffman, Erving (1963). Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity. Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0-671-62244-7.
- Rothblom, Esther & Solovay, Sondra, eds. (2009). The Fat Studies Reader. Foreword by Marilyn Wann. NYU Press. ASIN B002UP1STK. ISBN 978-0-8147-7640-7. OCLC 320434071.
Further reading
- Kelly D. Brownell; Rebecca M. Puhl; Marlene B. Schwartz; Leslie Rudd, eds. (2005). Weight Bias: Nature, Consequences, and Remedies (1st ed.). The Guilford Press. ISBN 978-1-59385-199-6. OCLC 60715051.
- Tirosh, Yofi (2006). "Weighty Speech: Addressing Body Size in the Classroom". Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies 28 (3-4): 267–280. doi:10.1080/10714410600873183. Retrieved 2014-01-27. (abstract only)
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Tirosh, Yofi (September 17, 2012). "The Right to Be Fat". Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics: 264–335. (Full text is available as well via the webpage in PDF format)
External links
- Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University at Yaleruddcenter.org
