Fat Shaming Plates or Political Correctness Run Amok?

Theoldguy1

You may have seen Macy's ended up taking these plates off their shelves after people criticized them as fat shaming.






Full article:
https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/22/us/macys-plates-mom-jeans-trnd/index.html

Any thoughts?

kevinflemming1982

I think society is becoming overly sensitive about too many things, to be fair. Just seems like a little jokey humour plate to me.

amusedmonkey

Meh. People are chronically offended. I personally don't find this offensive (yes, I'm fat), and I suspect more than half of the loud internet voices who are virtue signaling don't really find this offensive either. I feel bad for businesses sometimes.

griffithsjackie283

It's not offensive but it's not really correct......I know lots of moms who are smokin hot!!

lauragreenbaum

Much ado about nothing....

Kathryn247

I wouldn't call it fat shaming, but I think it's a bad image for people who are already prone to undereating. You can have a whole plate of food and still wear skinny jeans - you don't have to - and shouldn't - starve yourself.

jfdi6960

Please do not look at this if you're easily offended
https://touch.adverts.ie/healthcare/world-slimming-novelty-portion-control-weight-loss-diet-plate-watcher/14448468

ceiswyn

It doesn't offend me, but it does annoy me. Purely because it's so facile and wrong. The style of jeans you can wear has very little to do with size, and a lot to do with shape.

Anyone trying to serve me off one of those plates would have to endure an hour-long rant about why I can never find jeans to fit, whatever the number my scales show.

maureenseel1984

Plus what if you're eating a "mom jeans" portion of salad vs a "skinny jeans" portion of lard. Just saying.

lovelylosses

It doesn't offend me, but it's also not particularly funny or clever and it doesn't actually make sense - wouldn't you rather wear your "favourite jeans" over your skinny jeans?

Panini911

They clearly haven't seen my dinners during weight loss phase. Usually involves one large plate and a bowl (I eat a LOT of vegetables - big volume eater).

steveko89

Rather than fat shaming I find it more problematic that these support the all-or-nothing mindset propped up by the diet/fitness industry that being overly restrictive is the only way to be skinny and therefore only way to be happy.

sardelsa

Thing is my skinny jeans, favourite jeans and mom jeans are all the same pair...

bojack5

Its a joke, not a fitness plan. To take it serious or even pretend to be offended is what the real issue is.

CSARdiver

Brilliant marketing.

ccrdragon

Just another group of people looking for an excuse to be offended.

deannalfisher

i wanna see the dad bod beer mug...

amusedmonkey

CSARdiver wrote: »

Brilliant marketing.

Unfortunately, it wasn't an attempt to rile up the crowds for the sake of marketing, they really did think they were making a light-hearted joke to hint at a real issue (portion control) without being too serious. They pulled them off the shelves as soon as people started complaining.

deannalfisher

i think i would have less issues if it were equally marketed towards men as women, but it wasn't and there is where i have issue with - its potentially exploiting a vulnerabilty that many women have about body image to make a buck (FWIW - i eat about the same amount as mom jeans but def. don't need them)

LJGettinSexy

Mom jeans come in all sizes and fit differently than skinny jeans, which comes in all sizes too, so this was an EPIC fail at humor and anything else.

amusedmonkey

deannalfisher wrote: »

i think i would have less issues if it were equally marketed towards men as women, but it wasn't and there is where i have issue with - its potentially exploiting a vulnerabilty that many women have about body image to make a buck (FWIW - i eat about the same amount as mom jeans but def. don't need them)

It's part of a collection with the same design. There was another plate in the collection that had something about men in it.