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University removes weight scales from the gym because they’re ‘triggering’ students
Bizpac Review ^ | March 13, 2017 | Michael Dorstewitz

Posted on 03/13/2017 7:14:11 PM PDT by kevcol

First year student Samar El Faki provided some insight. She told The Charlatan, the university newspaper, that removing the scales was a good idea because it would accommodate students with eating disorders.

“Scales are very triggering,” she said. “I think people are being insensitive because they simply don’t understand. They think eating disorders are a choice when they are actually a serious illness.”

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KEYWORDS: overweight; snowflakes; triggered; universities
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To: Fred Hayek

Now I’m triggered.


41 posted on 03/15/2017 10:20:30 PM PDT by Trod Upon (Government employees and welfare recipients are both net tax consumers. Often for life.)
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To: Frank_2001

Yikes. You just described Minnestoopid governor Mark Dayton.


42 posted on 03/16/2017 2:08:17 AM PDT by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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