Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h0HE3IP26863; Fri, 17 Jan 2003 09:03:18 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 09:03:18 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <003f01c2be48$edaa9f20$95255544@ewndsr01.nj.comcast.net> Errors-To: alcrsb@langate.gsu.edu Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Ujwala Samant <usamant@comcast.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2440] RE: weight as an issue X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 Status: O Content-Length: 674 Lines: 16 The obsession with thinness is a universal concern. Yasmin Alibhai-Brown has an interesting article on this in the UK newspaper, The Independent. It seems to start early, this denigration of "fatness". "Fatties" are the object of jokes as early as kindergarten. What was seen as being "healthy" is now seen as fat. I've heard people complain on planes that overweight people should pay for 2 seats because of the room they occupy. (Never mind that seats in planes have shrunk and often one sits kissing one's knees, and having the tray feel like a nosebag.) My question is, has it affected anyone from getting hired? Or the reason for being fired? regards Ujwala Samant
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