It seems to me that there is a depressing new phenomena - abusing fat people.
Have you read the online reactions to stories in the media about obesity and obese people? It shocks me no end that people have no compunction to sit in judgment of people who are complete strangers to them and to and make the most derogatory, offensive and extremely cruel comments about them. I recently became a fan of the FaceBook "Big, Beautiful, Sexy" which is a public page of Casey Donovan - an incredible beautiful and talented young indigenous woman. In one of her entries she spoke about a story written in a tabloid magazine which she had been unhappy about. The abuse she, and other obese/overweight women were subjected to in reply to her post was extraordinary.
I don't understand what this is about. Why are people so cruel to others? Why is there this apparently broad community belief that people are obese by choice? As I told a group of nurses today "don't for a minute think a person wants to be obese. Being cruel and/or mean, treating them with disdain & abuse is soul-destroying. Hold out a hand of care and support not abuse and hatred."
Have you read the online reactions to stories in the media about obesity and obese people? It shocks me no end that people have no compunction to sit in judgment of people who are complete strangers to them and to and make the most derogatory, offensive and extremely cruel comments about them. I recently became a fan of the FaceBook "Big, Beautiful, Sexy" which is a public page of Casey Donovan - an incredible beautiful and talented young indigenous woman. In one of her entries she spoke about a story written in a tabloid magazine which she had been unhappy about. The abuse she, and other obese/overweight women were subjected to in reply to her post was extraordinary.
I don't understand what this is about. Why are people so cruel to others? Why is there this apparently broad community belief that people are obese by choice? As I told a group of nurses today "don't for a minute think a person wants to be obese. Being cruel and/or mean, treating them with disdain & abuse is soul-destroying. Hold out a hand of care and support not abuse and hatred."
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ReplyDeleteThe veil of anonymity in cyberspace seems to really bring out droves of cowardly bullies.
Obese people seem to definitely be a perennial target. I'm not sure its a new thing. But I think what you said to your nursing students was very well put.