Posted on 09/19/2023 9:48:31 AM PDT by JonPreston
In 2019, on a trip to the Bahamas with my mom and sister, my flight turned into an uncomfortable ordeal. My seat belt wasn’t long enough to fasten, and a fellow passenger's visceral reaction added to my discomfort. I repeatedly asked the flight attendant for a seat belt extender and was ignored until takeoff, leaving me feeling disregarded and disrespected.
And this wasn’t the first time I’ve dealt with this particular kind of travel stress. I went to Paris in 2014, and found the city cramped and unwelcoming. Narrow staircases, tiny chairs, and compact showers were just the beginning. Throughout my time there, I endured constant staring, rude comments, and fetishistic remarks about my body. But these types of roadblocks aren’t limited to Paris or my flight to Nassau—Society has an anti-fat bias, and you can encounter it anywhere.
Living in a world fueled by fatphobia creates unnecessary barriers, from limited clothing options to discrimination in medical care, employment, and relationships. According to the NIH, more than two in five adults live in a large body. And yet despite this fact, we continue to face daily challenges—including in travel, where inequities like the ones outlined below so often deny us access to the same life-changing experiences available to others.
(Excerpt) Read more at thrillist.com ...
Maybe it would help if they would travel by walking or jogging.
Needs to travel by bicycle.
Fueled by hyperbole.
Reality is a morbidly obese person with a Snickers bar in their mouth.
I almost feel sorry for the writer. I could not imagine being obese and trying to get along as a tourist in Paris.
“Society has an anti-fat bias”
Yes, yes it does.
Because being a fat POS is unhealthy and leads to early death.
Fat people are literally the reason I don’t fly. They make me physically ill. I have no more patience with the morbidly obese than I do with the denizens of thug culture.
Agreed—notice there are no articles written by folks complaining about how sick and tired they are at being surrounded by fatties wherever they go....
Oh, quite whining. I’m overweight, too, but I’m trying to get it off. Affirming extra fat is, unfortunately, affirming bad health outcomes.
My stomach makes me look slovenly, and I’ll be relieved when I’m finally rid of it, whenever that is, one of my problems being that I enjoy good food and beer too much. :-)
I am a tall guy.
It is uncomfortable to sit in older theatres for example.
That is not being fat. Add “obese” to it and I would never fly again.
I wonder if she realizes that she went to one of the oldest western civilization cities. Narrow roads and tiny staircases were the way those cities organically grew 1,000 years ago. The Romans built many of those roads for their chariots to traverse.
She should try going to colonial America, where she will find more narrow winding roads and small buildings.
The world wasn't built to accommodate her.
-PJ
we shouldn’t make fun of the morbidly obese as they may some day save our lives if we ever get attacked by a pride of hungry lions
Normalizing morbid obesity as “body positivity” is wrong. Fat people should be encouraged to lose weight. There is nothing positive about being a gluttonous, corpulent hambeast.
They fat.
I dont know them, dont wanna know them.
Deflect your KFC laden breath elsewhere!
Not one word about intending to lose weight to make travel easier? Nope, not one word.
I’m not exactly Twiggy but I don’t b!tch and moan how other people have to make me comfortable.
EFF that noise.
What an arrogant, entitled, ignorant sak o’fat.
Construction and manufacturing shrinkage. The whole world is an airline seat.
Yeah, that's the ticket.
“I have to think about packing every item I could possibly need, because the chances of not being able to find something as simple as a swimsuit, raincoat, or boots in my size are high,” she says.”
IOW, the rest of the world is not as ridiculously, insanely fat as some Americans.
“Superfat — sizes 26-32+
Popularized from the 2008 NOLOSE Supersize Caucus, the term was created as a “term of power for the fattest of the fat.” Those in this category consistently face size discrimination such as denial of healthcare, being unable to shop in-store for clothing, the inability to access public spaces, etc.
Infinifat — sizes 34+
A complementary term to superfat, infinifat was coined by Ash of The Fat Lip podcast to describe those whose “size is greater than any assignable size number.” “Too fat for commercially-available clothing,” they are sized out of brick and mortar plus size stores and must order clothing online. In some cases, they may not know their size. In order to fly, they must purchase two seats. They experience acute institutionalized sizeism daily.”
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/superfat-small-fat-how-they-are-used
What a horrible feeling: Realizing the world doesn’t revolve around you!
Fat people unite.
Buy an airline and make wider seats.
Huge hotel rooms with walk in showers and walk in refrigerators.
I am sure there are very uncomfortable hurdles in life when you are not fat, but morbidly obese, but complaining about trips to Paris should only be riddiculed. Few people globally get to visit this wonderful city. I wonder how many French people have never been there.
It fascinating to me the person thinks the world cares.
Note to the obese: I have a 34” inseam. I’m not responsible for that in any way. Where’s my pity party, eh?
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