Fat Shaming Ruins Lives And Does Not Even Work

Paul Dolman-Darrall

Posted at 10:54h, 30 October

Of course this is a difficult area to talk about. And deliberate shaming as the video talks about is counter productive, and tantamount to bullying.

However, I agree with the views of Kevin Fenton, that we are seeing a normalisation of fat. Part of that comes from not talking about it, not pointing it out, defending it all costs.

Similar to talking about someone who is considering suicide. Not talking about it, does not help either. That does not mean the subject cannot be handled with care.