Apparently fat acceptance is a civil rights issue
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NAAFA: the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance
Founded in 1969, the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA) is a non-profit, all volunteer, civil rights organization dedicated to protecting the rights and improving the quality of life for fat people. NAAFA works to eliminate discrimination based on body size and provide fat people with the tools for self-empowerment through advocacy, public education, and support.
Why Should I Support NAAFA?
Fat people are discriminated against in all aspects of daily life, from employment to education to access to public accommodations, and even access to adequate medical care. This discrimination occurs despite evidence that 95 to 98 percent of diets fail over five years and that 65 million Americans are labeled “obese.” Our thin-obsessed society firmly believes that fat people are at fault for their size and it is politically correct to stigmatize and ridicule them. Fat discrimination is one of the last publicly accepted discriminatory practices. Fat people have rights and they need to be upheld!
NAAFA’s message of size acceptance and self-acceptance is often overshadowed by a $49 billion-a-year diet industry that has a vested economic interest in perpetuating discrimination against fat people. Without active financial support from people like you, NAAFA would not exist and could not fulfill its crucial role defending your rights. While it is an uphill battle to achieve our goals, together we are making a difference.
Our Vision
A society in which people of every size are accepted with dignity and equality in all aspects of life.
Our Mission
To eliminate discrimination based on body size and provide fat people with the tools for self-empowerment though public education, advocacy, and support.
Our Promise
NAAFA will be a powerful force for positive social change. Using our collective will, talents and resources, we will improve the world — not just for fat people, but for everyone.
We Come in All Sizes…
Understand it.
Support it.
Accept it.
NAAFA: the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance
Founded in 1969, the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA) is a non-profit, all volunteer, civil rights organization dedicated to protecting the rights and improving the quality of life for fat people. NAAFA works to eliminate discrimination based on body size and provide fat people with the tools for self-empowerment through advocacy, public education, and support.
Why Should I Support NAAFA?
Fat people are discriminated against in all aspects of daily life, from employment to education to access to public accommodations, and even access to adequate medical care. This discrimination occurs despite evidence that 95 to 98 percent of diets fail over five years and that 65 million Americans are labeled “obese.” Our thin-obsessed society firmly believes that fat people are at fault for their size and it is politically correct to stigmatize and ridicule them. Fat discrimination is one of the last publicly accepted discriminatory practices. Fat people have rights and they need to be upheld!
NAAFA’s message of size acceptance and self-acceptance is often overshadowed by a $49 billion-a-year diet industry that has a vested economic interest in perpetuating discrimination against fat people. Without active financial support from people like you, NAAFA would not exist and could not fulfill its crucial role defending your rights. While it is an uphill battle to achieve our goals, together we are making a difference.
Our Vision
A society in which people of every size are accepted with dignity and equality in all aspects of life.
Our Mission
To eliminate discrimination based on body size and provide fat people with the tools for self-empowerment though public education, advocacy, and support.
Our Promise
NAAFA will be a powerful force for positive social change. Using our collective will, talents and resources, we will improve the world — not just for fat people, but for everyone.
We Come in All Sizes…
Understand it.
Support it.
Accept it.
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Diets don't fail. People do.
With that said, discrimination of any kind is wrong17 -
True, but is it really discrimination?Ironandwine69 wrote: »Diets don't fail. People do.
With that said, discrimination of any kind is wrong
Is having to buy two plane tickets because you take up two seats discrimination?
Is not being allowed on a zip line because you exceed the weight limit discrimination?
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CoffeeAndContour wrote: »
You're talking apples and oranges.
I think it's more doughnuts and chocolate.23 -
CoffeeAndContour wrote: »
You're talking apples and oranges.
How do? How are far people being discriminated against?1 -
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CoffeeAndContour wrote: »
You're talking apples and oranges.
This is their mission statement;
"Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA) is a non-profit, all volunteer, civil rights organization dedicated to protecting the rights and improving the quality of life for fat people."
What rights are fat people being deprived of?5 -
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I find it odd that they refer to overweight people as fat people.9
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Well, the NAACP still refers to them as "colored people ".MrStabbems wrote: »I find it odd that they refer to overweight people as fat people.
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peckchris3267 wrote: »Well, the NAACP still refers to them as "colored people ".
I'm confused I can't really tell if ur for or against this shizz0 -
peckchris3267 wrote: »True, but is it really discrimination?
Is having to buy two plane tickets because you take up two seats discrimination?
Is not being allowed on a zip line because you exceed the weight limit discrimination?
No, but being fired or threatened with being fired, or not hired at all is. Being insulted out of restaurants or refused service due to weight is, or being charged for services where your weight has not yet been an issue, but "could" be, such as health incentives at work that look only at weight or BMI instead of actual medical records.11 -
My friend suffers from chronic migraines. She went to a doctor to try and find a reason. He told her it was because she's overweight. She's had migraines since she was young and skinny, but he said it was because of her weight. Discrimination against the obese in the medical world is rampant.12
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My friend suffers from chronic migraines. She went to a doctor to try and find a reason. He told her it was because she's overweight. She's had migraines since she was young and skinny, but he said it was because of her weight. Discrimination against the obese in the medical world is rampant.
That's called a *kitten* doctor not discrimination lol8 -
MrStabbems wrote: »
That's called a *kitten* doctor not discrimination lol
She was treated unjustly because of her weight. I would call that discrimination and a *kitten* doctor.3 -
She was treated unjustly because of her weight. I would call that discrimination and a *kitten* doctor.
unjustly how?2 -
She was treated unjustly because of her weight. I would call that discrimination and a *kitten* doctor.
It's not just the overweight that get treated like this. Having a mental health diagnosis in your chart also causes many doctors to attribute everything to that and treat you like it's all in your head especially ER drs7 -
MrStabbems wrote: »
unjustly how?
He took one look at her and diagnosed her migraines as being caused by fat. Clearly nothing else could be causing them. Just weight. Even though she had them when she wasn't fat. If she were skinny, what would he blame them on?2 -
Overweight people are discriminated against, I've seen it in my own field. There are funeral homes who charge extra for people who are obese which isn't fair because families cannot help how much their loved one weighs.4
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He took one look at her and diagnosed her migraines as being caused by fat. Clearly nothing else could be causing them. Just weight. Even though she had them when she wasn't fat. If she were skinny, what would he blame them on?
honestly I know it's ur friend but ur not seeing this logically.
there is evidence to suggest obesity and headaches are linked. The doctor might be right, It might be an avenue to explore. I once had a guy come in our department having had a ton of scans to determine why he has shortness of breath. No one wanted to point out that being morbidly obese might be the likely culprit and we should look at this first to see if it solves the issue.
sometimes the obvious is the answer.3 -
BowlingForHollars wrote: »
A diagnosis that was made based solely on her appearance. It was discrimination.3 -
MrStabbems wrote: »
honestly I know it's ur friend but ur not seeing this logically.
there is evidence to suggest obesity and headaches are linked. The doctor might be right, It might be an avenue to explore. I once had a guy come in our department having had a ton of scans to determine why he has shortness of breath. No one wanted to point out that being morbidly obese might be the likely culprit and we should look at this first to see if it solves the issue.
sometimes the obvious is the answer.
So I'm gathering you missed the part where I said she had migraines even when she was thin?2 -
So I'm gathering you missed the part where I said she had migraines even when she was thin?
nope I notice that I just ignored it because it doesn't carry as much relevance as u think. She may be predisposed to migraines and her weight has made it worse. When looking at patients you have to consider medical history but you have to treat and diagnose current problems.
The doctor may be right he may be wrong but he certainly hasn't discriminated against her. That's a weak link at best.5 -
A diagnosis that was made based solely on her appearance. It was discrimination.
It's not discrimination. Again, it's just being a sucky doctor2 -
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MrStabbems wrote: »
nope I notice that I just ignored it because it doesn't carry as much relevance as u think. She may be predisposed to migraines and her weight has made it worse. When looking at patients you have to consider medical history but you have to treat and diagnose current problems.
The doctor maybe right he maybe wrong but he certainly hasn't discriminated against her. That's a weak link at best.
He TOLD her her migraines were CAUSED by her obesity. NOT THAT IT WAS MAKING IT WORSE. How could her obesity CAUSE migraines when she had them BEFORE she was obese? What if she had a brain aneurysm? What if she died due to his negligence because all he was willing to do was give her one look and assume that all of her problems are caused by weight? How can anyone think that it was anything other than discrimination? I don't know how to say it to make it any simpler. I give up.6 -
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MrStabbems wrote: »I find it odd that they refer to overweight people as fat people.
It is about making the word "fat" less powerful.0 -
leut_underpants wrote: »Bias isn't discrimination.
Bias is literally a synonym of discrimination.4 -
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