Thin Privilege vs Fat acceptance

[k0llectable5]

A couple of terms that seem to be bandied around lately.  Whats your opinion, do you think such a thing a thin privilege exists? Is fat acceptance healthy? 

[k0llectable5]

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@opmania wrote:

The delusional one opened a thread similar some time ago

And it turned out to be a full on scathing attack on fat people

As this one will also

Give it time

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I hope not Oppy. And I didn't start this thread for that purpose.  It's just something I think needs addressing.  Because it's one thing to be comfortable in the "skin you are in" But I dont think it's right to promote obesity as something to be embraced and proud of.  I understand there are levels of "fatness" so to speak, and lets face it, not all overweight people are unhealthy or unfit, in fact some I'm sure would be more healthy and fit than some thin people.  But I'm actually just trying to figure out if there is merit to the term "thin privilege" For example there was a case recently in America where a 302 pound woman was refused a helicopter ride because she was too heavy (The max a person can weigh to ride in a Chopper is 300 pounds) she claimed it was thin privilege that was stopping her from riding in the helicopter... 

[opmania]

My eldest daughter has always had a weight problem

My youngest daughter had always been thin

The form er  met her to be husband and because he loved her so 

Much and didn't care how fat she was

Early in the relationship she put on So much weight and got

To about a Suze 24 

She said she would go into a dress shop and the assistants

Would snigger at her and most of the time wouldn't even

Come over to serve her

She lost all that weight before having children and kept it 

Off and has been a Suze 12 for about 8 years

Even got to a 10  for her  wedding

Oh another thing she said was people would say

You have such a pretty  face

Which eluded to her weight without even mentioning it

[jessicadazzler97]

I've been everywhere from a size 14 to a size 8
Everywhere from 70kg to 54kg
I thought I was too fat, then too thin
But the whole time, I ate healthily, and walked nearly an hour every day
And still do now
I realize now I was unhappy with my weight & size
(Whatever weight & size I was)
Because at those times, my life wasn't so great
And it gave me something to concentrate on

[lal-au0]

if you want service in a shop wear a flanny (druggie shirt). shop owners/assistants come out of their hiding with lightning speed to "help you"

[opmania]

If there is a weight limit of 300 and she is over then that's just

Too bad 

She is probably thinking that is a personal crack against

Her and if they were to show an official document stating 

Such then she should be convinced that it is not

Or there should be a Plaque on the wall of the chopper 

Somewhere

[k0llectable5]

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@jessicadazzler wrote:
I've been everywhere from a size 14 to a size 8
Everywhere from 70kg to 54kg
I thought I was too fat, then too thin
But the whole time, I ate healthily, and walked nearly an hour every day
And still do now
I realize now I was unhappy with my weight & size
(Whatever weight & size I was)
Because at those times, my life wasn't so great
And it gave me something to concentrate on

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70kgs though is hardly obese Jess. And depending how tall you are 70kgs could very well be your ideal weight.  

[jessicadazzler97]

I know that, but some people feel "fat" at 70kgs, others at 170kgs. If you wanted to go into the ins & outs of who is obese at which exact weight, you should have stated that at the beginning.

[lyau086]

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@jessicadazzler wrote:
I know that, but some people feel "fat" at 70kgs, others at 170kgs. If you wanted to go into the ins & outs of who is obese at which exact weight, you should have stated that at the beginning.

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How bloody rude and condescending.....Consider yourself told secondhand-wonderland.

[jessicadazzler97]

Simply repeating what others have said to me many times over 😛

[***super_nova***]

I would not say that thin people are privileged, it is more that overweight people are handicapped.  I was a skinny kid wanting voluptuous figur, then I got some curves and struggled all my adult life to keep my weight at level i am comfortable (around 60kg for my 173cm).  If i am more i am more tired, and uncomfortable.  If i eat well, good healthy food in reasonable amount I keep my weight the way I want it.  Some people choose not to be disciplined enough, and that is their right, up to a point.  But with the extra weight there are consequences.  They will find that it is harder to get a job etc. 

When i buy a seat on a plane I expect that seat to be wholly mine, and not to have some obese person spilling over the arm rest. 

Also hospitals have real problem with obese people who are admitted and cannot be properly treated because the nurses cannot find their veins to get tests needed for their treatment.    When i had my cancer surgery, on my ward out of 20 patients 3 were there purely waiting in hope the nurses will be able to get some blood out of them; they were there for weeks before I came, and looked like staying indefinitely when I escaped (i discharged myself  with all the tubes, under condition that i pop in every day to outpatients for service).  No wonder that our hospital system is not coping.