Guest guest Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 Hey guys,I am an in and out poster... I am working full time and finishing up my MS this semester so I get pulled away.... anyway weekend with my BF and a friend of his and his friend’s wife. She is quite thin, thin in a semi sanctimonious way as she eats quite heartily but has a metabolism that favors her with slenderness, she mistakes that for moral righteousness rather than luck, which I have noticed many naturally slender women tend to do…. This past weekend she got to talking about some people “from the Midwest†who were “really fat so their pants slid down their butts†and I could see the loathing, the prejudice and the disgust she has of fat people. I also caught her body checking me another time during that evening. She obviously has some preconceived notions about weight that probably has a whole lot of self hate thrown in for good measure. She might be thin but she is an ugly intolerant person...I am learning to pity people like this who have only half the story. I am learning to see people like this in the same way people in the 50s said a woman should stay at home, or wheelchaired people or learning disabled people should be committed, or pick a race, pick a religion. It’s all about misinformation and hate. I think that people who still are mired in the diet industry and the weight-hate mentality are a lot like people who discriminated against other undesirables of earlier eras. Many of those people weren’t bad people either… just victims of the prevailing attitude of the time so much so it blinded them to the damage they did to others and themselves. Anyway, that’s how I look at people like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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