To think you get less respect if you are fat

[Jojobears]

I’m currently fat (16/18), but have been slim previously.

I don’t know if it’s just my self esteem levels, but I really feel that I have less respect from people when I’m fat. Although I could be imagining it.

So, can I ask, do you treat people with less respect if they are fat.

Ps I’m not a daily fail journo. Heaven forbid they employ anyone with a house worth less than 500k

"Churchill, Trump, Johnson etc are not slim but considered statesman-like where as the women in power are usually very slim (off the top of my head Sheryl Sandberg, Marissa Mayer, Jacinda Arden although there are exceptions like Merkel)"

I think that's more of a change over time. Powerful politicians of the past, of both sexes, were often large, but there's a trend towards slimmer ones now e.g. Obama.
As I mentioned above, if someone is already powerful, I think their weight gives them even more power. It could also be that it given them a stronger voice and that adds to their authority.

@growlingbear that’s the myth of bariatric surgery - that it is an easy, one time, quick fix. The reality of it is that it’s an incredibly hard journey and that weight management will be part of our lives forever. Ten years out of my gastric bypass, my pouch has stretched (as it would & expected to) so I can eat more than in the first year after the op. Even though I dump that doesn’t always put me off of bad choice foods.

All bariatric surgery is a tool not a solution, I know some who put all their weight on and more, some who have had serious complications and others who become anorexic.

I know people who had bariatric surgery, one lady is still slim in fact it saved her life, after losing the weight she found a lump under her breast, her surgeon said if she'd had the weight she may not have felt it.
Another is a gent, I am not sure what happened, he lost it all, then put it back on with much more still with the bariatric band fir about 5 years he has since lost it through SW he is seriously dedicated, only crinkly water, goes yo the gym.
The main thing if you're big and small is to get out and enjoy life, I was at a waterpark all day there was ladies and men of all shapes and sizes, my only judgement was a good one, I thought good on you getting out splashing about with your DC.
Anyone who is rude or disrespectful towards a person because of their size needs a head wobble, unless they're sitting on you, it is not your life.

*Meant I know 2 people.

Its not just lack of respect, its being denied medical treatment and dying because doctors will not look past the fat and diagnose. Its women avoiding doctors for fear of being told to lose weight when its an unrelated health issue. its being charged more for a plane seat. its being filmed secretly when eating. Its newspapers printing headless bodies to dehumanise fat people.
Its more than just being impolite.

@Butters83. I’m lucky none of those have happened to me. One female doctor looked me up and down and told me to lose weight quite bluntly (she isn’t a nasty person afaik, but isn’t known for social graces). However as a GP I think that’s fine for her to say as a health professional. Another GP (young male) beat around the bush so much that I ended up just saying “yes, I need to lose weight”

"its being filmed secretly when eating"

Who is doing this?

Yep, been a 10 fit/athletic for as long as I can remember went up to a size 18 after I had my baby and I felt the same. You’re not imagining it.

Last year I was a size 26. I'm now a 12-14. People are much nicer and make effort to speak to me whereas they didn't before, I may as well have been invisible. Also had people laughing at me etc