Skinny privellege

[Annabella91]

Why is there shops full of clothes for women who are skinnt but nothing bigger i hate going clothes literally can never find anything in a size 16 it's all size 6 and 8 is the fat back in the 90s discrimination trend coming in again?? Shouldn't need to skinny to look nice??

Taken from

www.scarymommy.com/thin-privilege-what-it-means

Thin privilege is the set of inherent advantages that living in a thin body provides a person in our society because thin is considered the default setting for a human being.

What do those advantages look like? Glad you asked. Let’s dig into that.
Thin privilege means that the world you live in was built to accommodate your body. You rarely to never encounter a public space that is too small for you to fit. Public transportation, turnstiles, chairs, restaurant booths, airplanes, and bathroom stalls are more than big enough for you to use them with comfort. You don’t exceed weight or size limits for recreational activities. The world is open to people with your body size.

Thin privilege means that your voice is heard in medical situations. If you go to the doctor for unexplained pain, they are very unlikely to blame the size of your body. When you make an appointment to discuss a valid medical concern, your provider doesn’t use up the appointment time suggesting things like weight loss surgery. Regardless of your actual habits, you don’t receive blame for your health problems based solely on your body size.

It means that the size of your body is almost never the reason you are not hired for a job, not selected for a role, denied a place on a team, or otherwise passed over for something you are qualified to do.

Thin privilege means that when you need clothing, you have a wide selection of options in every clothing price range. You aren’t charged extra for needing a larger size, and you don’t have to order online to find things that fit you comfortably. Your basic body shape is considered the “correct” shape, so the clothes are cut in a way that makes sense for you to wear.

Thin privilege is your ability to eat and drink whatever you choose in public without fear of judgment. It means you can walk into a gym or dance class with no idea what you’re doing, and your clumsiness will be blamed on inexperience, not your body size. It means that nobody will call you brave for wearing appropriate clothing to the beach or pool.

I could give example after example, but in short, thin privilege means that, generally speaking, the size of your body doesn’t play a huge negative role in how you experience the world and interact with other people.

When I was size 8 it was very difficult to find "true" size 8 items. MS was (and I'm guessing still is) selling horribly overinflated sizes, at least a few "size 8" items which were tolerable despite being on a baggy side which I bought when I was slim now fit me perfectly (2 sizes and 6.5 stone up).
Being on a smaller side makes it harder to buy cloths because many, many supposedly size 8 or S sizes in reality is nothing but.

Who the fuck said it was easy? Everyone knows it's not easy. But in the vast, vast, vast, vast majority of cases, it's possible. And even when there are circumstances that make weight loss harder, thyroid, pcos, medication, etc, it's still possible to maintain a lower level of excess fat for pretty much everyone.

Skinny is such as judgemental, nasty word. What’s wrong with slim?

Not 6.5 stones up, gosh. 2.5!!!

Ffs "skinny privilege" enough with this bs you must be trolling. You're privileged if your biggest problem is not finding clothes for your over weight self. Some of us can barely afford food and fat people are talking about"skinny privilege" sorry if I sound harsh but it's true

Again, theory (that might even be pushing it) not fact.

There's a huge difference between stigma and structural oppression fgs.

It would be great if for once, people could actually go and maybe give something a quick google and read about it before deciding they do not think something exists, or how they too on a personal level have somehow suffered.

A crumb, a morsel, of understanding .....

Fat people have DIED because medical professionals refused to to look past their weight and offer them the same diagnostics that would as somebody in a slimmer body.

Not been to Zara then?

Surely the majority of the world is built for the majority of people. Most people in the world come in sizes within a particular parameter.

Of course the world is largely built for the average, its not privilege or discrimination, its common sense.

That article talks about thin privilege. It doesn’t go all in with rude and derogatory comments on skinny privilege. That’s the entire point.

"I can't find any decent clothes in a 16-18"

"Then diet, loser!"

About a third of the replies here are demonstrating something like skinny smugness at best. If you respond to a query about fashion retailers' stock policies by instructing the OP to get thinner, you've pretty much proved her point. I don't even agree with her complaint - I'm fatter than her, and generally find clothes to fit - but I sure as hell don't welcome unsolicited advice on becoming more average.

You are clearly in the wrong shop or trying to buy only from the sale rail. 16 is a very common size and it's generally available, unless you are in a shop aimed at teenagers

When?

I've explained to you 3 times that what you are presenting is one particular theory from a certain school of academic thought. Its is not fact, it is one perspective. Perhaps you should do some more reading about foundations of the theory you're pushing and look at the critiques and limitations of it.

Nonsense.

Staying slim is not some you are born with, except in some rare cases. It’s something you work on.

That’s not privilege.

Where are you shopping?

I'm a size 6 and haven't noticed mountains of clothing in my size. It's usually a fairly even spread.

I’m a size 8 and often there are only bigger sizes. But I wouldn’t post judgemental comments about it on social media and I don’t feel that it’s about discrimination. I’m short too - so it’s very hard to get trousers that don’t need taken up. I take a size 3 shoe. Some stores don’t even bother to stock that size. Large feet discrimination?
Why does your frustration mean that you need to post in a pejorative way about other women - using words like skinny( which I’m definitely not) . It’s a divisive attitude that is very pervasive these days

Large feet privilege I meant to say . ( why is there not an edit function)

But a lot of those points apply to others too- I'd argue being a woman is the more critical factor in one's treatment.

Doctors often used to dismiss health concerns due to my weight, I was also told when I was pregnant that I needed to eat more or I'd be risking the health of my baby- like I hadn't been trying to gain weight for years.

I applied for the Royal Navy when I left school and was underweight, despite being able to complete the fitness tests with ease and a doctor at the medical signing me off aside from my weight, I couldn't do it. I also faced other issues at work (mainly from other women) due to my weight.

Fast fashion/high street clothes are mostly cut from a one size fits all pattern. Just because someone is slim is doesn't mean theyre all the same shape. Of course if using a smaller pattern it's more likely to fit well than a bigger size that has been merely expanded rather than re done; but this sort of ignorance that everyone is straight up and down or that they're one shape isn't true. Arguably with vanity sizing it's harder to find well fitting small sizes.

Oh skinny people get plenty of comments when eating- if it's something unhealthy omg you're not going to eat all that or comments about bullimia; if it's healthy then of course omg you need more than a salad.

Essentially women can't win, that's the real issue rather than this victim hood around weight. The reason the world is better accommodated is simply as its cheaper. No moral reason- airlines for example, why don't they increase seat size, is it because they don't care about people who are overweight and love skinny people? No, it's because we demand cheaper flights and so more seats is more money for them.

this considered the default setting for a human being.

Biologically this is true to be faie, human bodies aren't made to carry a lot of excess weight and cant do to no effect.

All the time?

www.nylon.com/fatphobia-killing-people

I'm a 10 and there's always loads of 16s and looking around that's the more common size of people.

Im a size 26. I am one of the people that OP might be talking about in terms of the world not fitting me. But it is my problem, its not the bus company or train companies fault that the seat is too small for me

Equally,, the clothing stores are not a public service, they're not there to necessarily clothe me, they have a business model which suits them presumably, leaving me very unfortunately with not very nice clothes.

I find the exact opposite, I am an 8 or a 10 and I very frequently find there are only larger sizes (18 and upwards) left.