Reflection journal entry
FAT IS A FEMINIST ISSUE
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introduction
Around the world, the most recent issue in both developed countries is body size for the feminine gender. The slim size is the most admirable and due to this reasons, most females seek ways of maintaining that slim image. The fat or plus size bodies are being regarded as disgusting to those who find themselves in that category.
Models, reality TV shows and even stars have embraced the slim size body image that they even sacrifice by skipping meals so that their bodies remain such slim. The general hypothesis that the slim size is more manageable has kept the females in the other side in the run to reduce their weight.
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Though scientific studies recommend that maintaining a slim size is an advantage to achieve healthy lifestyle due to reduced fats, fat images do not necessarily mean sickness. Healthy deficiencies such as obesity have also been found in the slim sized bodies. The fat issue has not been placed as a general concern for both genders but have only affected females in the society.
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Mission slimpossible
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Examples of these programs include slimposible project that has actualized the sizes for most plus-size women around the world. Other major such programs have been launched in different countries both developed and developing.
Work cited
Orbach, Susie. Fat is a Feminist Issue: The Anti-diet Guide for Women+ Fat is a Feminist. No. 2. Random House, 1998.
Scott-Dixon, Krista. "Big girls don’t cry: Fitness, fatness, and the production of feminist knowledge." Sociology of Sport Journal 25.1 (2008): 22-47.