obesity and prejudice
All entries tagged with obesity and prejudicePlus-Sized Nightclubs: Rattle and Rolls?
The name says it all - Club Bounce. And Long Beach, California folks looking to shake and rattle their rolls think that a dance club for the obese is just what doctor ordered -- for their social lives at least.
Long unable to get past the velvet ropes at traditional nightclubs because of their weight, Californians with a few (or even more than a few) extra pounds have no trouble getting in at Club Bounce. That's because the club was created to serve a specific clientele: the overweight and obese.
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Boy Scouts: Discrimination Against the Obese?
The Boy Scouts have had their share of criticism over the years (relating to homosexuality and religious beliefs). We can now add the overweight to the list of people the Boy Scouts have rankled.
A policy comes into effect in January, which will require both children and adults to meet height and weight standards for "high adventure" or extreme events, such as a 15-mile trek. Here is the chart that outlines the allowable weights for the various heights.
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Can Obesity Be a Civil Rights Issue?
Flickr: Nelson Piedra (nopiedra)Obesity rates have caused global panic. Lots of people are freaked out! You hear terms like "obesity epidemic" and "anti-obesity campaign." Both are well-intended, but this sentiment could be breeding prejudice for overweight and obese individuals.
That's why some people are screaming civil rights violations and starting obese advocacy groups promoting anti-bias laws and increased tolerance by the healthcare industry and in the workplace.
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Fat Hostesses: An Airline Health Hazard?
Air India has fired nine hostesses after declaring them 'medically unfit' to fly. The air hostesses were between 11kg (24 lb) and 32kg (70 lb) overweight.
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Too Fat for Clubbing?
As someone who's been "shown the door" at nightclubs before, this article really annoyed me. A club in Australia faces hot water for barring heavy set women, but admitting men of similar size.
Yeah, because we all know how appealing fat dudes are! The bar's actions prompted protests and 1,000 people to join an internet-based campaign demanding a boycott of the nightclub.
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Fatism More Widespread Than Racism
Under law - you cannot discriminate against anyone on the basis of color, race, creed, gender, age, and so on and so on...
There is one exception however - body weight.
New research shows that weight discrimination remains socially acceptable in today's culture.
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Are Fat People More Extroverted?
There used to be a quaint notion that people who were overweight were "jolly" and "fun-loving" and generally more social than skinny folks.
But that's just an old wives tale... isn't it? One would think that with the stigma and discrimination overweight people face in modern society, they'd be more shy, anxious, and introverted, right?
Well, a new study claims that those who pack on more pounds are actually more sociable and less anxious than people who are not overweight.
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Mauritania: Where Fat is Desirable
The world is a strange place - and not every country equates slimness with beauty. The Islamic Republic of Mauritania presents an opposite viewpoint to the West:
To men here, fat is sexy. And in this patriarchal region, many Mauritanian women do everything possible - and have everything possible done to them - to put on pounds.» Continue...
Too Fat to Emigrate
Welsh woman Rowan Trezise has been denied a visa into New Zealand because she is too heavy. Her husband has already emigrated - after being recruited for a job in the country.
His employer-backed skills visa was initially rejected by immigration officials when they discovered that his body mass index, or BMI, was 42, making him morbidly obese under New Zealand regulations. (via)» Continue...
Air Hostesses: Too Fat to Fly
Indian Airlines have grounded a number of air hostesses claiming they are "too fat".
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