is THIN privilege a FAT lie?

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  @zoeunlimited · 3 years ago · pinned

  How have you been impacted by thin privilege?

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  @RisaPlays · 3 years ago

  I feel like most "skinny shaming" is born out of jealousy, whereas most "fat shaming" is born out of disgust. I think that's a massive difference.

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  @icarus1998 · 3 years ago

  Thin privilege only exists if you're thin in the "right" places. If you're flat you will get shamed.

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  @fr33yamusic · 3 years ago

  I've been on both sides. "Too thin" and "fat". When I was thin, people sometimes expressed concern, judged my eating, or assumed I had an ED. But the world saw me as attractive - people wanted to look like me. Fat shaming is a hundred times worse - You get the unsoclited comments and the entire world does not want to look like you.

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  @laurieanthony1556 · 3 years ago

  I went from being told by family members how big I am to being nicknamed "skinny minnie" and being constantly mentioned how they can't believe how little I am. Instead of using the "thin" vs "fat" debate to argue about who has it worse, why can't people understand that beauty standards cause people to never win no matter what they look like?

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  @QuelaagPyro · 3 years ago (edited)

  I went from being about 120lbs, super fit to over 200lbs because of medications. Yes there is a stark difference to how people treated me when I was thin to the way people treat me now, and its not positive lemme tell you.

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  @rinapop2681 · 3 years ago (edited)

  I grew up very skinny , but when I gained a lot of weight during a depressive phase the way I was treated changed DRASTICALLY , it was a horrible shock . Now I&apos;ve lost weight again , I get treated better again 😔 as a woman you cannot win. Now I&apos;m terrified to gain weight because I don&apos;t want to go back to how I was treated for it.<br><br>There have been multiple studies showing that for women , even being a bit chubby makes you less likely to be hired or get promotions at work. They also found that overall for men their weight didn&apos;t really affect their professional careers.

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  @ily279 · 3 years ago (edited)

  In this society u can never please anyone. If you’re fat you get told “go eat salad” if you’re skinny you get told “eat a cheeseburger” if you’re dark you get told “use skin whiteners” if you’re pale you get told “use tanning oil”. so my advice is to just love yourself for who you are because your self worth is not found in other people or your outward appearance<br><br>Edit: 666 LIKES 😳😳🥹thank u

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  @tracybannerman5666 · 3 years ago (edited)

  What made me sad one day was when a fat lady sat by me in a public transport and she apologized , I was just broken, like why are you apologizing, I&apos;m not pressed like you&apos;re just sitting by me. I&apos;m thin, you&apos;re fat, we&apos;re humans using a bus. I&apos;m sure people had been complaining so she was used to apologies

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  @d.aliceden · 3 years ago

  The difference between thin shaming and fat shaming is &quot;you should eat a cheeseburger&quot; versus &quot;you are disgusting and unworthy of basic decency&quot;.

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  @carlaperez716 · 3 years ago

  Beauty standards are just crazy. My mom grew up in Cuba and moved to Spain in the early 2000s. She is naturally very thin and in Cuba, where beauty standards were/are towards curvy bodies, she always felt &nbsp;unnatractive and too thin to be really healthy. When she moved to Spain, however, she was suddenly the beauty type and was complemented often about her weight. She used to make the joke that a plane is all it took to transition from an &quot;ugly duckling&quot; into a swan

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  @berryblushin3074 · 3 years ago

  I&apos;m skinny, but I haven&apos;t noticed any kind of thin privilege because of how closely related it is to pretty privilege. I&apos;m at a low weight, but I&apos;m not considered physically attractive, so it kind of cancels each other out. All I get are comments about how flat I am 🙃

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