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Is the implication here that shaming fatness made people thinner? If so, how did acceptability even start if shaming was so effective?
by PuppyTailWags 5y ago
Is the implication here that shaming fatness made people thinner? If so, how did acceptability even start if shaming was so effective?
- pxeboot 5y agoSocial pressure is a powerful motivator for many. I would speculate the issue has just been slowly progressing for the past couple decades. The same amount of negative social pressure from being 15 lbs overweight in the 90s may be closer what somebody receives at 50 lbs now.
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- blindmute 5y agoIt obviously is. First and second generation immigrants from Asia don't get fat, despite eating much the same Western food. It's extremely shameful for them.