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I saw this posted on pinterest today and I found it interesting. An overweight female news anchor responds on air to a letter she received from a viewer. The viewer claims she is a bad example to the community and especially young girls because she chooses to be overweight. I had a few thoughts immediately after watching this, and they are as follows.
1. Yes, she does look overweight. Being overweight is not healthy.
2. Are the overweight men at this station receiving the same flack for being overweight? (This is in Wisconsin, you know she's not the only overweight person there Probably not.
3. Should her personal health decisions and struggles be up for public debate? Does this woman owe us her health?
4. Is she really a bad role model for young girls? And if so, should we let all of the teachers, coaches, babysitters, daycare workers who actually spend time with our young girls know that a prerequisite for their job be that they not be fat?
5. My last thought after reading the comments on youtube was that there definitely is a culture of bullying fat people. People seem to think that those in the public eye owe us their good looks, especially women. If a woman is not attractive, we get actual anger from the viewers. "How DARE she not act as a decoration for my viewing pleasure??" I don't think this is really about health, because we don't see the same outrage from the public when someone in the public eye is too thin and looks unhealthy, or smokes, uses drugs, or talks about their love of fattening foods. There are special rules for how we are allowed to criticize when someone is fat.
Please watch the video and respond. It's not too long.
News Anchor Jennifer Livingston On Air Response to Fat Shamer | Healthy Is The New Skinny
1. Yes, she does look overweight. Being overweight is not healthy.
2. Are the overweight men at this station receiving the same flack for being overweight? (This is in Wisconsin, you know she's not the only overweight person there Probably not.
3. Should her personal health decisions and struggles be up for public debate? Does this woman owe us her health?
4. Is she really a bad role model for young girls? And if so, should we let all of the teachers, coaches, babysitters, daycare workers who actually spend time with our young girls know that a prerequisite for their job be that they not be fat?
5. My last thought after reading the comments on youtube was that there definitely is a culture of bullying fat people. People seem to think that those in the public eye owe us their good looks, especially women. If a woman is not attractive, we get actual anger from the viewers. "How DARE she not act as a decoration for my viewing pleasure??" I don't think this is really about health, because we don't see the same outrage from the public when someone in the public eye is too thin and looks unhealthy, or smokes, uses drugs, or talks about their love of fattening foods. There are special rules for how we are allowed to criticize when someone is fat.
Please watch the video and respond. It's not too long.
News Anchor Jennifer Livingston On Air Response to Fat Shamer | Healthy Is The New Skinny