Fat on Campus: Fat College Students and Hyper(in)visible Stigma

Stevens, Corey

doi:10.1080/00380237.2017.1368839

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“…Gailey (2015) points out that, given our society's attitude towards fatness, women in general who are not conventionally thin are frequently discriminated against and labelled deviant. They are also less likely to be hired and/or often subjected to low pay, and are more likely to be oppressed in public spaces through disapproving stares and verbal abuse (Gailey, 2014; also see Stevens, 2017). However, as we have seen, many research participants adopt a "body-positive" approach to sexual labour and transform their bodily capital into opportunity for personal, social, and economic growth (Bernstein, 2007b).…”

Section: Body Sizementioning

confidence: 99%

“So It’s Not Always the Sappy Story”: Women of Colour and Indigenous Women in the Indoor Sectors of the Canadian Sex Industry Speak Out

Raguparan¹

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The lived experiences of racialised and Indigenous indoor sex workers are often made to be invisible. Frequently, they are left unmarked and are imbedded within White indoor sex workers' experiences; alternately, stereotypes about racialised and Indigenous sex workers mean their experiences are overgeneralised and assumed to be part of street-based sectors. This study draws on forty in-depth interviews with racialised and Indigenous indoor sex workers from nine different cities across Canada in order to bring their intersectional experiences to the forefront of contemporary discussions. Grounded in Kimberlé Crenshaw's conceptualisation of intersectionality, this dissertation takes a post-intersectionality approach of collaborative intersectionality to examine the multilayered experiences of research participants and expose multidimensional, inter-categorical complexities of and differences between participants' experiences. With the objectives of deconstructing and, at times, decolonising normative assumptions, attitudes, and political initiatives that essentialise the experiences of women in the Canadian sex industry, this study addresses a much-needed research gap by looking at racialised and Indigenous women's participation in different indoor sectors. Furthermore, it contributes to valuable analyses on human rights, employment standards, agency, and resistance within a growing body of critical sex work literature.

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Section: Body Sizementioning

confidence: 99%

“So It’s Not Always the Sappy Story”: Women of Colour and Indigenous Women in the Indoor Sectors of the Canadian Sex Industry Speak Out

Raguparan¹

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“…However, this etiological definition is not an aesthetic analysis but instead comes with a negative socially constructed definition that combines medical literature with media and social media definitions (Andrews, 2012;Forth, 2013;Lawrence et al, 2012;Rogge et al, 2004). The US is ruled by a white, heterosexual, male society that views the construct of "fat" as all fat equates to obesity; this medicalized construct of an "obesity epidemic" shapes obesity into a disease state; in other words an undesirable state (Forth, 2013;King et al, 2006;Stevens, 2018). A negative social construction such as this threatens the identity of individuals perceived to be overweight or obese through a moral perspective that blames the individual for a perceived poor health (Andrews, 2012;Major, Hunger, Bunyan, & Miller, 2014;Stevens, 2018).…”

Section: Obesity Definedmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The US is ruled by a white, heterosexual, male society that views the construct of "fat" as all fat equates to obesity; this medicalized construct of an "obesity epidemic" shapes obesity into a disease state; in other words an undesirable state (Forth, 2013;King et al, 2006;Stevens, 2018). A negative social construction such as this threatens the identity of individuals perceived to be overweight or obese through a moral perspective that blames the individual for a perceived poor health (Andrews, 2012;Major, Hunger, Bunyan, & Miller, 2014;Stevens, 2018). Major et al (2014) discussed the concept of social identity threat.…”

Section: Obesity Definedmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Social class according to CDC uses measures of income and education, which in turn is a strong predictor of obesity even over genetics; once again creating social isolation, stigmatization, shaming, and blaming. Weight-based stigmatization is an essential area for social workers to understand cultural competence and cultural humility in the realm of providing clinical services (Foronda et al, 2018;Puhl & Brownell, 2006;Stevens, 2018). Clients are already experiencing discriminatory practices through multiple community channels, however there is little to no clinical guidance in social work curriculum that gives best practices and instructional information regarding assessment of an obese individual and the recognition that size does not impede use of a strengths perspective approach.…”

Section: Fat Culture and Obesitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The relationships between health, size, and weight are a growing area of conflagration, misinformation, and increasing "fat-stigma" (Frederick, Saguy, & Gruys, 2016). In fact, fat shaming has become a social construct as well as an invisible force that actively and continually places barriers to people's life choices such as completing a college degree (Stevens, 2018).…”

Section: Fat Culture and Obesitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Social Work and Obesity

Wood

Lane

Mattheus

2020

csw

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Social work is a profession based on social justice and anti-oppressive action. Social workers in direct practice in most states must possess a master’s level graduate degree and have completed internship/practicum placements hours. This higher education and professional development prerequisites within graduate curriculums must begin to include increased acceptance and understanding of diversity and social justice through expanded lenses and move beyond current frameworks of diversity. For example, one such area of diversity that has become an increasing proportion of higher education students are students who identify as obese or “fat,” and are experiencing oppression and stigma in their everyday life. The authors used a grounded approach to analyze 100 accredited graduate social work programs’ curriculum throughout the United States, with the goal of understanding how the topic of obesity and weight-based oppression were integrated into learning curriculums of diversity, social justice, and cultural humility. The authors will discuss “fat culture” and stigma associated with an obese identity, as well as systems that are inherently oppressive to people who are of larger size. The findings revealed evidence of professional disregard for this population in practice, as well as overarching disregard for body size as a dimension of diversity and inclusion on an institutional level. The authors will reflect on these findings and discuss implications for practice, knowledge, and professional and educational pedagogy.

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