Discrimination/harrassment of the obese

I have been slender and I have been obese. And the treatment i receive from others is drasticly different depending on my appearance.

When I am slender women envy and are jealous of me, men pay lots of attention to me.

When i am obese i am treated as if i am mentally retarded and uncouth. it is so wrong. 

i thought i would post this here on the forum and ask if any of you have had similar experiences. 

Are you treated as though you are ignorant and undesirable because you are obese? 

   
  

 

I think we all have at some point.  I know I definately have.

DEFINITELY-Been there!! And it's darn hard to not start to think of yourself that way then also.
It seems like we are also totally "unseen" sometimes as well.
Craziness!

I definately agree.  I'm back in school getting my masters degree and my thesis topic is "Obesity discrimination in the workplace, and the effect WLS has on your career."   I'll be getting ready to post the link for my survey in a couple of weeks if you want to participate. 

I am very much interested in participating in your survey!  I work within a predominately all-male environment... when I started three years ago I was maintaining my initial weight loss of 125 lbs. - now 3 years later I have gained 50 pounds... the men (my age group) are not phased by it but the younger men seem to be... As an obese female, if I dare make a negative remark regarding the program that I manage, it is looked upon as I am loud mouthed and disgruntle... in the past I had a definite rooting section that would rally around me... it is a sad day when people are judged by their "outward" appearance... it is a good thing that those of that have been on both sides have the will and ability to take in stride and move forward... know one rains on my parade!  Again, please contact me for your surgey...

Just waiting on my thesis advisor to approve, should have it ready by the end of the week to post.  I think I am going to use survey monkey and will put in the link so everyone can go directly to the site and it is anonymous. 

Thanks for the support.