Calling someone fat could be made a hate crime

Girls as young as five are wrestling with mental and physical illness because they are so worried about being fat, MPs have warned today.
Intense and unrelenting pressure over body image is 'damaging society' with a quarter of all seven-year-olds admitting they have tried to lose weight by going on a diet, they say.

A parliamentary report published today says that a lack of self esteem is damaging a generation of children who may struggle with school work and forming friendships.
All children could now attend body confidence and self esteem classes at school.
And now calling someone ‘fatty’ should be deemed a hate crime, these MPs say.

The Government should consider putting ‘appearance-based discrimination’ on a legal par with race and sexual discrimination, the report suggests.
The Equalities Act 2010 makes it unlawful to harass, victimise or discriminate against anyone because of their race, gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability.
The blueprint, Reflections on Body Image, recommends ‘a review into the scale of the problem of appearance-based discrimination’.

It says: ‘This may include exploring whether an amendment to the Equalities Act would be the most appropriate way of tackling discrimination.’
Around half of girls and up to one third of boys have dieted to lose weight and children, and their parents have been blamed for passing on some of their concerns about their weight and appearance.

Theo Filippo wrote:Don't get fat then.

menalawyerguy wrote:slippery slope is slippery

ResurrectionRooney wrote:If people were more open with their discrimination against fat people, there'd be a lot less obesity in Western society. Fat people are under the mistaken impression that they are treated equally to their thing counterparts when in reality they're not - they're much less likely to get employment, for example. If their rejection letter said "We have rejected you because you are a fat cunt, you stink, and we believe you have low self control and lack discipline" rather than wishing you luck with future applications or whatever and saying another candidate was more suitable, and that was an accepted state of affairs, rather than a poorly kept secret, far less people would over-eat.

ResurrectionRooney wrote:If people were more open with their discrimination against fat people, there'd be a lot less obesity in Western society. Fat people are under the mistaken impression that they are treated equally to their thing counterparts when in reality they're not - they're much less likely to get employment, for example. If their rejection letter said "We have rejected you because you are a fat cunt, you stink, and we believe you have low self control and lack discipline" rather than wishing you luck with future applications or whatever and saying another candidate was more suitable, and that was an accepted state of affairs, rather than a poorly kept secret, far less people would over-eat.

ResurrectionRooney wrote:If people were more open with their discrimination against fat people, there'd be a lot less obesity in Western society. Fat people are under the mistaken impression that they are treated equally to their thing counterparts when in reality they're not - they're much less likely to get employment, for example. If their rejection letter said "We have rejected you because you are a fat cunt, you stink, and we believe you have low self control and lack discipline" rather than wishing you luck with future applications or whatever and saying another candidate was more suitable, and that was an accepted state of affairs, rather than a poorly kept secret, far less people would over-eat.

Juventino. wrote:You Brits need to lay off the KFC.

Theo Filippo wrote:Don't get fat then.

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Juventino. wrote:You Brits need to lay off the KFC.

Rafael Benitez wrote:

Theo Filippo wrote:Don't get fat then.

This, i understand if you are black or disabled, as you are born that way, but if people want to get fat, they can face the consiquences.

Forest wrote:

Rafael Benitez wrote:

This, i understand if you are black or disabled, as you are born that way, but if people want to get fat, they can face the consiquences.

ahlycotc wrote:I don't remember what documentary it was, but it brought up an interesting point. People are quick to criticize smokers, but they don't criticize obese people the same way when it's arguably more harmful to our society than smokers are to our society.

ahlycotc wrote:I don't remember what documentary it was, but it brought up an interesting point. People are quick to criticize smokers, but they don't criticize obese people the same way when it's arguably more harmful to our society than smokers are to our society.

BladeGunner wrote:

ahlycotc wrote:I don't remember what documentary it was, but it brought up an interesting point. People are quick to criticize smokers, but they don't criticize obese people the same way when it's arguably more harmful to our society than smokers are to our society.

How?