Because it's mostly females involved and this is once again just another ploy of take me as I am.
It's interesting because they use typical feminist tactics.
They want to use shame to achieve a social change. In other words, shame people for the opinions they have in the hopes that the opinions will change. If "fat acceptance" becomes politically correct, then saying no to a fat chick could see you ostracized by your friends.
Its typical because it uses social pressure to achieve a change - do what we say, or otherwise the group will judge you and possibly exclude you. Not, "Do what we say because it is demonstrably better for you."
The irony of course is that shaming is the very thing they want to reduce. They want to reduce fat shaming... by shaming people into not fat shaming.
I remember seeing an image somewhere, it was an image of a forum post. A young man had posted a thread saying he liked this girl, but just wasn't attracted to her physically because she is fat. He wanted to know if he was doing the right thing, or if he should feel guilty.
So, the first reply was from a fat woman who said the usual stuff - he was shallow etc etc. But she also added that men who prefer thin girls are usually either closet homosexuals or paedophiles. Her reasoning was that, boys and young children do not yet have boobs or a big butt. Therefore, to be attracted to a thin girl without such massive boobs, you must either be a homosexual or a paedophile.
It takes some work but its certainly not impossible. The people claiming they can't do it are the same people who make very little or no effort. They snack on junk, they overeat and they do little or no exercise. I often see people complaining that they can't lose weight - yet at the same time they're stuffing themselves with burgers for lunch.
Being lazy isn't an excuse. Medical factors play a role in obesity, but not every fat person has these medical issues that cause weight gain. Hell i'd say less than 10% do. In most cases the medical issues they have are a DIRECT result of their overeating / lack of willingness to exercise.
Just saw this now and thought I'd respond. Yes, I agree it does take work and certainly is not impossible. It takes sacrifice too - fattening food generally tastes amazing.
What I was referring to is that you can have a desire to lose weight, and even do some things that cause you to lose weight. But losing a lot of it and keeping it off - really moving the needle - is difficult or impossible unless you have a deep look at yourself, your eating habits, and your relationship with food.
I'll use myself as an example. As I said, I wasn't super overweight. I was like 90-95kg when I should have weighed maybe 80kg. Okay, actually that is fairly overweight! But anyway, I had a bit of a boep but not a massive one. For years, despite not eating much takeaway, and exercising, and not eating much in the way of sweet stuff, it was just impossible to lose those last few KGs. I had gone from 110kg down to 90kg, but getting lower than 90 was really hard. Sometimes I'd weigh 88, but it would drift back up.
It is only very recently that I have been able to go below 85, and it was only when I understood my relationship with food that it was possible (amongst other things of course)
