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Originally Posted by Jigster715
Must smell like vomit
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try any woman's w/r on a uni campus, total vomitoria. it's actually really sad what young women feel the need to do to be 'attractive'
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Originally Posted by RuthB
Sucks if people are being passed over for jobs cos of their weight, but some surgeries are too dangerous for the surgeon to perform if the patient is too obese. That's not discrimination, that's just reality.
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I agree on face. I've usually been underweight (and a heavy smoker) and encountered the same issues in the past. I had to gain 10lbs to get my tubes tied, even after I successfully fought for the surgery on age grounds the surgeon wouldn't operate on me unless I gained weight- and then promised to stop smoking for 24 hours before surgery. The smoking was easy to lie about tho =)
point is I wasn't shamed or treated like a failure for being thin. if anything doc was concerned as to why and didn't treat it like a personal failing on my part. and actually went out of his way to offer supports to help if I had needed them.
overweight women absolutely experience cruelty (including by doctors) and unfair discrimination based on size and that is so fucking wrong. on that tip I am 100% on board with fat acceptance movements.
I don't think it belongs in the human rights code though. how would one even begin defining that designation?
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Originally Posted by CurrentlySober
i want to be a protected class...
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if we just stopped being assholes to each other there would be no need for anyone to be a 'protected class'
a chica can dream I guess
