This is what I got when I was trying to find a fat people appreciation society to join.
Do people not understand that people, whether they be fat, thin, tall, short, are all PEOPLE? Why is it that people insist on imposing their beliefs on other people, such that the younger generation grow up discriminating against fat people? Why is it that society refuses to accept people who deviate from the norm?
We are all human beings, so there is no reason to discriminate people who are not, by society's standards, beautiful. Everyone is beautiful in their own way, just that shallow & superficial people don't see the beauty within others. It's fine if you don't know how to appreciate others, but why insult them? Why do people see the need to hurt others for themselves to feel better? You're slim, fine. Why is there a need to insult others to feel better about yourself? Are you that insecure that you have to torment others for yourself to feel good? You don't know how hurtful it can be when people shoot you looks of disgust. Their self esteem which may or may not have already been low just crumbles to pieces, you make them hate themselves. & society still doesn't understand why there are so many cases of eating disorders? Is it THAT hard to believe that maybe, it is because of all the views & ideas that people have ingrained in their minds since young? That it's because of society's inability to accept people who LOOK different, but are just as human as anyone? That appearances DO matter, despite what society claims?
I've read about people being rejected for jobs because of their size. How on earth can people think that society is giving everyone an equal opportunity? Being of a larger size merely means that people know how to appreciate their food, that they know how to enjoy life. Sure, it may lead to certain health problems, but that's not the reason people want them to change. They want them to change so they'll become 'beautiful'. Just because that's not what society deems beautiful. Because they want everyone to be like them.
At least 1 in 60 people develop eating disorders. People find this disturbing, & wonder what on earth could have possessed them to think that they aren't beautiful. They don't realise that they ARE the reason. Anorexia, bulimia, binge eating. Why are more teenagers becoming obsessed with their weight? They are SO self-conscious, just wanting to be accepted by their peers. & in order for that to happen they have to be stick-thin, they have to be pretty. Because of this so many teens are falling into this deadly routine of counting their calories or starving themselves to maintain their figure or to lose weight. Some ask, "Why put yourself through such torture?" but they don't realise that they are constantly reinforcing this idea through the media & in their daily lives. I have seen little kids telling their parents about a 'fat' kid in their class & how they hold some sort of position, & laughing, as if they think their teacher is mad for letting a 'fat' kid hold a position of leadership. Instead of telling her child that it's perfectly normal, the mother laughed along, showing her lack of acceptance for people of a larger size. She's already put the stereotype of larger people being incompetent in her child's mind, & with this only being reinforced in our daily lives with pictures of skinny models on the cover of magazines, how can we expect the next generation to accept people whom society deems fat? What people don't understand is that they are perfectly beautiful just the way they are & that there is no need for them to change themselves in order to gain society's acceptance. There is absolutely no reason to change, & it is simply because of society's narrow-mindedness that they are not accepted.
But I'm going to try & change that, starting with myself.
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