I understand the point thats being made but it seems to add a gravity or a helpless to the situation that doesn't seem appropriate.
In talks of salary . . .For the same job? a lesser salary? Thats is some of the discrimination women as a gender face.
I can see maybe not getting a job over someone else for being overweight, but that is more of a "standards of attraction issue" than systematic deliberate exclusion as a matter of policy. Which was always the race or gender issue.
Also, weight is fluid. Meaning you can control it. We are talking about social preferences here.
WE might be playing with semantics but the word still doesn't seem to fit because we are not talking about an all pervasive social policy of discrimination which would be the case with Race and Gender issues. We are talking about personal preferences "in the moment".
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Originally posted by valkyrie
I disagree. I would be willing to bet money that obese people ARE offered lesser salaries. I don't know from experience, but it seems from some of the posts on here that overweight people are absolutely treated like second class citizens. Of course, it's not the same as race, but I think that there can be discrimination against overweight people.
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