Why does society hate fat people

I have couple of theories -

People are afraid of being fat and feel
that judging and shaming others will ward this off in some way, as it must be the person’s own fault and can therefore never happen to them - a bit like victim-blaming in cases of rape or even scams.

People (consciously or otherwise) associate fatness with self-neglect and find it upsetting or disturbing, a bit like seeing people with no teeth, incredibly thin people, obvious drug or alcohol addicts, or even obviously heavy smokers.

Fat women in fashion and advertising media are usually depicted in a much more sexual way than thinner women, who are depicted in a range of ways. I suspect there may be something in this that affects how people view larger women in general, as ‘too much’ in more ways than one.

People are fed up with ‘body positivity’ as part of what might loosely be called ‘woke’ and feel they need to assert their lack of acceptance in some way.

its obvious that cultural factors are huge, as attitudes to fat people vary enormously across time and place, so I don’t think much of this is as innate as we might like to think, more culturally ingrained.

edited as autocorrect changed ‘fat’ to ‘gay’ 🙄

Something that needs mentioning: I’ve noticed some of the fat-hating people out there seem very annoyed with people using weight loss injections, on the grounds that it’s “cheating”. People enjoy feeling superior and sneering at people for being lazy, and as soon as someone loses the weight it means sneery people no longer have someone to harass, so they have a go at them for their chosen weight loss methods instead because they can no longer tut at them for taking up space.

just read threads on this forum, how nasty it turns when posters fall over themselves to mock perfectly normal behaviour and accuse others to be under-eater, or lying or a lot worst not worth repeating.

the survey of a few random doesn't mean tattoos must be covered, when primary school teachers don't hide theirs, neither do corporate and city staff. Tattoos are everywhere.

I can't comment on judges because I haven't been in court in a while 😂

What do you thing WLI’s are?
Society is absolutely still buying in to being thin.

Evolution/anthropology.

a) You have eaten more than your share of the food.
b) You are less healthy therefore not a good mate/less useful to the tribe.
c) You are not following group conduct rules.

Yes, agreed. I’m skinny and find it so weird and socially inept when people feel the need to comment on my appearance.

I empathise with overweight people. I’ve never understood why people are so angered by it.

You think society 'hates' women who are thin, but not skinny or bony looking or close to being underweight? I find this hard to believe, bearing in mind how 90% of celebrities are thin.

I don't have a list. Google is helpful though:
REVEALED: The Professions Where Tattoos Are Still Taboo. - HR News

I would say society (or certain parts of it) hates women who are skinny or too thin, not those who are just thin.

Not in my experience.

On a flight maybe, but in a train or tram a tall person can definitely infringe on another person's space.

I don't think it's society, it's jealous women, usually on the larger side (or they wouldn't be jealous)

They are easily ignored, and more importantly, easily recognisable.

I would say society (or certain parts of it) hates women who are skinny or too thin, not those who are just thin.

such as?

I didn't say tattoos are cheap. Read again. I was quoting!

As for the Royal Family, I couldn't care less what they look like.

Society hates thin women too.

Social media is full of larger women declaring they’re more feminine, ‘the real deal’, with the implication being those of us who struggle to put on weight aren’t. Apparently we’re neurotic, don’t like food, and men hate our ‘angles’. I can’t call someone fat but they can comment on my weight.

It’s best to not take it personally though isn’t it? Unhappy people will always turn their attention away from themselves.

Gluttony is a sin?🤔

I disagree. There are still plenty of jobs where they have to be covered up.

No, because the flight will be uncomfortable for the tall person who might have their knees under their chin. They won’t be encroaching onto their neighbours seat and touching them because of it.

I mean, overweight and obese people make up over two thirds of British society, less than a third of the population is a normal / healthy weight, and of that third a decent proportion more will be at the “somewhat wobbly” end of the healthy BMI range rather than the “thin and toned” end. So the overwhelming majority of society is not slim. If “society hates fat people” then surely it’s up to that overwhelming majority to work out why that is and do something about their own viewpoint.

said they judged them as "cheap, chavvy, thick, nasty, common' etc.

It’s the intention behind tattoos as much as anything.

I’d be amazed if tattoo’d people didn’t judge each others even if just in their head. They date like anything else.

Height is basically out of someone’s power to control. In most cases weight can be.
There are other negatives that come with being very overweight vs being very tall.

Both fat and thin people will always find something to be nasty to others about.

Agree with this. It’s quite a visceral feeling.

wow

so you are a tattoo hater? You know how many members of the royal family have tattoos? (that we know of, I am not perving on all their bikini photos😂)

There's nothing "cheap" about a tattoo