Page 8 | Skinny privellege

Eatentoomanyroses · 20/02/2023 11:03

Agree. It’s that most women are 12-16 so those sizes sell out quickest.

Mitfordian · 20/02/2023 11:03

Seasonofthewitch83 · 20/02/2023 11:00

All the time?

www.nylon.com/fatphobia-killing-people

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Lol! The headline 'The Cost of being fat could be your life'. No shit, sherlock!!

Anecdata does not equate to fact.

Maybe read outside of your echo chamber.

GingerScallop · 20/02/2023 11:05

Annabella91 · 20/02/2023 08:40

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??

Uk tends to havr a few concentrated sizes.In my 30s I was a size 4 to 6 petite and used to struggle. Often had to get clothes in the US during my once in a while work trips. Am now in my 40s and size 8 but not skinny and things have improved. However i still struggle a little because sizing varies so much. My bras can be a nightmare to find too. Its not just size 16s. Clothes seem to be concentrates around 10 to 14

TheOrigRights · 20/02/2023 11:05

Firestones · 20/02/2023 10:12

My main issue at the mo is that everything is so cropped. Even in m&s. All the tops are so short. Same with sweaty Betty.

i am a 32h and a size 14. And 5ft 3in. These style of tops make me look like a ball.

I'm probably the sort of shape these boxy tops are made for, but I do not want a flappy, cropped thing to do exercise in. Anything bending over and it just flops over your head. Something like running and it's flapping about catching the wind.

Iyjd · 20/02/2023 11:05

I was annoyed the other day because there was nothing in a 10 but the shelves full of 16 and 18s.

Wexone · 20/02/2023 11:06

Dunno what shops you are going to - am a size 8 which is an EU 34 but in marks or Primark its a 6 or sometimes even a 4. Don't even get me started on the oversized look, i want clothes to fit me not make me look like am playing dress up. Also i find they don't stock the size 8 or 6 or xs in shops so end up ordering on line. Also who on earth created the one size thing - that supposed fit a size 8 to 16 like how? To me that is just lazy from the clothes creator. I often have to buy stuff a size bigger and get it taken in

AIBUNo · 20/02/2023 11:07

If you want to be slimmer, @Annabella91 maybe do something about it.
Or, find shops that have stock you want.

It's not a 'privilege' to be slim. It's down to hard work, not eating too much and doing some exercise.

And while I'm here, I don't like your use of the word 'skinny'.
Skinny suggests a bag of bones and unattractive.

Why don't you say 'slim and healthy'?

TheOrigRights · 20/02/2023 11:07

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

Don't be ridiculous. Many zillions of people don't actively work on being slim, unless you have an odd definition of slim and work.

augustusglupe · 20/02/2023 11:08

There's usually size 6 or 16 left. I'm a size 10 and they always go first.
I struggle with getting good smaller bras too.

I thought M&S went up to a size 26!?

Seasonofthewitch83 · 20/02/2023 11:08

Mitfordian · 20/02/2023 11:03

Lol! The headline 'The Cost of being fat could be your life'. No shit, sherlock!!

Anecdata does not equate to fact.

Maybe read outside of your echo chamber.

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Not even the facts in the article then?

How studies and tests have shown that there absolutely is bias and discrimination in the medical field?

Would love to live in your head, must be nice and breezy.

ChrisPPancake · 20/02/2023 11:08

Annabella91 · 20/02/2023 10:08

Moaning I don't think so I'm in a shop righ now there is mountains of size 6 clothing lol 🤣 nothing I like in a 16 or 18

You don't think it's maybe because they've already sold the stock of larger sizes, and the size 6s are all that's left?

ItsCalledAConversation · 20/02/2023 11:10

I don’t know where you’re shopping OP but in M&S/Sainsbury’s/Tesco/TkMaxx there’s always tons of the larger sizes and hardly ever anything in a 10.

If you’re wanting to go into Whistles and buy everything in a 16+ then I can see why you’d be disappointed.

Nosecan · 20/02/2023 11:10

I’ve gone from a 6-8 to a 12-14 in the last 4 years and I’ve never had trouble finding clothes. They just look shit on me now.

MichelleScarn · 20/02/2023 11:12

Teriyakieverything · 20/02/2023 08:47

Stop labelling anything and everything 'good'/valued as being a 'privilege'/exclusionary and then trying to induce guilt and make out it is a 'bad' thing because it is not 'inclusive'.

God this, absolutely!!

SmudgeButt · 20/02/2023 11:13

ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 20/02/2023 09:53

This is wrong.

The taller someone is the bigger they are. That’s lengths often increase slightly as you go up the size ranges. This was always obviuos when l was cutting and grading patterns for manufacturers.

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I agree it's wrong but that's what I've been seeing currently in M&A and Landend

Scribbydigs · 20/02/2023 11:13

I can never find a 6

Everanewbie · 20/02/2023 11:14

I don't like 'skinny' as a word to describe people of a healthy weight, but that aside, skinny privilege is something that is earned through discipline despite all the things out there in modern life that lead us to gain weight. Fair play to them.

If you don't have skinny privilege, you have the privilege of saying yes to an energy consumption that is far more pleasurable and convenient, and an expansion that is far less tiring and time consuming.

I'm sorry, its impossible to have both privileges over any real length of time.

SmudgeButt · 20/02/2023 11:14

Ndd135632 · 20/02/2023 10:02

Science would dictate that as true. She was stating fact. Why did you strop off?

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Seriously?? You wouldn't be insulted is someone in a shop called you fat?? Because that's what she was doing.

KirstenBlest · 20/02/2023 11:15

skinny
[ˈskɪni]
ADJECTIVE
(of a person or part of their body) unattractively or unusually thin:
"his skinny arms"
OPPOSITE:
fat
plump
obese

Cuppsoupmonster · 20/02/2023 11:15

Nobody’s going to say it so I will. Obese people are crippling the NHS. It isn’t a harmless and immutable body type, it’s a choice in the vast majority of cases and costs the rest of us an absolute fortune in terms of public funds and having to share an overburdened healthcare system. If half of people were alcoholics, or smoked, nobody would hesitate before being frank about how they need to take responsibility for themselves, but because it’s obesity it’s ‘fat shaming’. Being slim isn’t a stroke of divine fortune most people have to work at it to some extent and it grates seeing overweight people make every excuse under the sun about why they can’t eat less and why instead they need an expensive pathway of medication for diabetes and high blood pressure, before expensive operations for inevitable heart attacks. Thats after the series of costly ‘psychiatry’ appointments they want to ‘get to the bottom of why they eat too much’ when the answer in the vast majority of cases is that food is yummy and hard to resist and they want to eat it.

Go ahead and flame me 🤷🏼‍♀️

HalftermHell2 · 20/02/2023 11:16

I'm a size 8 (size 6 in next) I'm not that's just vanity sizing, I'm not "skinny" at all. Whenever I'm shopping there are never any 6 or 8s left usually loads of 12s or 14s (which is really a 14 or 16 vanity sizes) or 16s even, so I'm not sure what you are on about? My size always sells out first in anything nice, it's annoying.

Justfolditin · 20/02/2023 11:16

I think it's the opposite? There's only 6-8 clothes left because no one is buying them? It annoys me when I can't find anything in 12-14 presumably because lots of people are buying that size now.

RoseFl0wers · 20/02/2023 11:17

Seasonofthewitch83 · 20/02/2023 10:49

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.

People who are a healthy bmi (not just skinny) can fit in public transport, toilet stalls and restaurant booths without difficulty. This isn’t ‘thin privilege.’ This is just being a healthy size.
Skinny people are often not taken seriously by doctors. My infertility and endometriosis was blamed on me being underweight. GP and gynaecologist blamed my weight! Thankfully I miraculously fell pregnant naturally!
Skinny people don’t have access to a wide variety of clothes. Lots of brands are guilty of vanity sizing so clothes are often too big. There are loads of ‘plus size’ shops and ranges.

Cuppsoupmonster · 20/02/2023 11:19

Thin privilege is your ability to eat and drink whatever you choose in public without fear of judgment

Thin people don’t just eat whatever they want. That’s why they’re thin. You’re acting like it’s an immutable body type which you have no control over, simply not true.

AIBUNo · 20/02/2023 11:19

Cuppsoupmonster · 20/02/2023 11:15

Nobody’s going to say it so I will. Obese people are crippling the NHS. It isn’t a harmless and immutable body type, it’s a choice in the vast majority of cases and costs the rest of us an absolute fortune in terms of public funds and having to share an overburdened healthcare system. If half of people were alcoholics, or smoked, nobody would hesitate before being frank about how they need to take responsibility for themselves, but because it’s obesity it’s ‘fat shaming’. Being slim isn’t a stroke of divine fortune most people have to work at it to some extent and it grates seeing overweight people make every excuse under the sun about why they can’t eat less and why instead they need an expensive pathway of medication for diabetes and high blood pressure, before expensive operations for inevitable heart attacks. Thats after the series of costly ‘psychiatry’ appointments they want to ‘get to the bottom of why they eat too much’ when the answer in the vast majority of cases is that food is yummy and hard to resist and they want to eat it.

Go ahead and flame me 🤷🏼‍♀️

I agree with you,

It's a sad day when people start skinny-shaming.

Slim people used to be the norm.

How things have changed with 70% of people overweight or obese.

If someone is very tall and not overweight - fine. I do know women who are 5 10" , they will be a size 16, but are not overweight.