Aubrey Gordon equips you with the facts and figures to reframe myths about fatness in order to dismantle the anti-fat bias ingrained in how we think about and treat fat people. Read more Myths in "You Just Need to Lose Weight": And 19 Other Myths About Fat People PART ONE: BEING FAT IS A CHOICE Being fat is a choice. If fat people dont like how theyre treated, they should just lose weight. Any fat person can become thin if they try hard enough. Its just a matter of calories in, calories out. Parents are responsible for their childs weight. Only bad parents let their children get fat. Thin people should help fat people lose weight. Weight loss is the result of healthy choices and should be celebrated. PART TWO: BUT WHAT ABOUT YOUR HEALTH? Obesity is the leading cause of death in the United States. The BMI is an objective measure of size and health. Doctors are unbiased judges of fat peoples health. Fat people dont like going to the doctors office because they dont like hearing the truth. Fat people are emotionally damaged and cope by eating their feelings. PART THREE: FACT ACCEPTANCE GLORIFIES OBESITY Accepting fat people glorifies obesity. Body positivity is about feeling better about yourself, as long as youre happy and healthy. Were in the middle of an obesity epidemic. Fat people dont experience discrimination. I dont like gaining weight, but I dont treat fat people differently. PART FOUR: FAT PEOPLE SHOULD . . . Fat people shouldnt call themselves fat. People who have never been fat have internalized fatphobia.No one is attracted to fat people. Anyone who is has a fat fetish. Fat people should pay for a second airplane seat. Skinny shaming is just as bad as fat shaming. Anti-fatness is the last socially acceptable form of discrimination.
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🗸 Author(s): Aubrey Gordon
🗸 Title: “You Just Need to Lose Weight”: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People (Myths Made in America)
🗸 Rating : 4.6 from 5 stars (171 reviews)
🗸 ISBN-10: 0807006475
🗸 ISBN-13: 9780807006474
🗸 Languange: English
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