fatphobia
Bias against heaviness
Fatphobia is prejudice or discrimination against fat people, ranging from social stigma and mockery to systemic disadvantages in healthcare, employment, and public spaces.
The term frames negative attitudes toward fatness as a form of bigotry rather than justified concern: The fatphobia in dating culture is exhausting.
Also fatphobic (adjective).
Discrimination by body size
- sizeismDiscrimination by physique
- marginalizationRelegation to powerless periphery
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
stereotyping · harassment · bullying · shaming · victimization · oppression · inequity · unfairness
Painful awareness of failure
- stigmatizationMarking as disgraceful
- labelingAssigning identifying markers
- stereotypeFixed oversimplified notion
- misconceptionErroneous belief or understanding
humiliation · rejection · disapproval · devaluation · vilification · scorn · derision · disgrace
One's sense of worth
- self-acceptanceApproval of oneself
- weightMeasure of heaviness
- sizePhysical extent or dimensions
- thinnessState of minimal width
plus-size · mirror · shape · appearance · idealization
Bias against disabled individuals
- racismPrejudice based on ethnicity
- sexismGender-based prejudice
- homophobiaPrejudice against same-sex attraction
- transphobiaPrejudice against transgender people
classism · ageism · lookism · colorism · misogyny · intersectionality
Pleading for a cause
- intersectionalityInterconnected identity-based discrimination study
- allyshipActive support for marginalized
- solidarityUnity among allies
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
representation · inclusivity · awareness · diversity · equity · anti-discrimination · social-change · movement
weightism
Discrimination by body size
- sizeismDiscrimination by physique
- marginalizationRelegation to powerless periphery
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
bias · stereotyping · harassment · bullying · shaming · victimization · oppression · inequity · unfairness · prejudice
shame
Painful awareness of failure
- stigmatizationMarking as disgraceful
- labelingAssigning identifying markers
- stereotypeFixed oversimplified notion
misconception · humiliation · rejection · disapproval · devaluation · vilification · scorn · derision · disgrace · condemnation
self-esteem
One's sense of worth
- self-acceptanceApproval of oneself
- weightMeasure of heaviness
- sizePhysical extent or dimensions
thinness · plus-size · mirror · shape · appearance · idealization
ableism
Bias against disabled individuals
- racismPrejudice based on ethnicity
- sexismGender-based prejudice
- homophobiaPrejudice against same-sex attraction
transphobia · classism · ageism · lookism · colorism · misogyny · intersectionality
advocacy
Pleading for a cause
- intersectionalityInterconnected identity-based discrimination study
- allyshipActive support for marginalized
- solidarityUnity among allies
empowerment · representation · inclusivity · awareness · diversity · equity · anti-discrimination · social-change · movement
- discriminationracism, systemic discrimination, Jim Crow laws, sexism, racial harassment
- weight biasweight stigma, weight discrimination, size discrimination, sizeism, weightism
- biasprejudice, racism, bigotry, sexism, ageism
fatphobiabody acceptance
Comfort with one's physique
fat acceptance · body positivity · body neutrality · body liberation