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- Anti-fat bias higher in women, young people
- 26% of overweight people report discrimination at work
- 84% of very obese people report discrimination at work
- 17% of very obese people report being fired or forced to resign strictly due to their weight
- Overweight people: 1%-6% lower salaries than thin people
- Very obese women: 24% lower salaries than thin people
- 24% of nurses say they are repulsed by obese people
- Over 31% of nurses don't want to take care of obese people
- Anti-sizeism movements: Fat Acceptance Movement, Fat Liberation Movement
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Sizeism is discrimination against obese people. Several organizations have sprung up to fight sizeism.
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Anti-Sizeism Movements
- Late 1960s: Movement begins
- 1967: "Fat-in" staged in New York's Central Park
- National organization: National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance
- Activists prefer "fat" to "overweight" or "obese"
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Sizeism on Amazon
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Sizeism: Mixed by Steve Angello - $24.98
Steve Angello returns to the mix album fold with his first own Size-branded compilation. Released through Ministry of Sound, the album follows his 1996 seminal Sessions album that ...Amazon
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Central Figures
- NAAFA
- Official Site: National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance
- John Stone Fitness: NAAFA Public Forum
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@karynromeis Sorry - didn't mean to, even by accident, accuse you of one-sizeism (I've seen your comments round the blogs).
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College flunks students if obese: http://www.pr-inside.com/fatties-flunk-new-college-obesity-r1596437.htm. Talk about sizeism
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RT @MadamaAmbi: .@nueva_voz YES. And patriarchy. And capitalism. And colonialism. And imperialism. And sizeism. And homophobia. And HUMA ...
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.@nueva_voz YES. And patriarchy. And capitalism. And colonialism. And imperialism. And sizeism. And homophobia. And HUMAN RIGHTS #TDOR #p2
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