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soulbadguy | 1 year ago

Non sense... There were not a particularly big stigma about being obese 50 or 70 years ago. Socially stigma were more about gender roles, sexuality etc...etc...

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adventured|1 year ago

There was a huge stigma about being obese 50-70 years ago. It was wholly unacceptable for children, young persons and women in particular. Exclusively older men were allowed to be obese culturally without being shamed about it.

As recently as the 1980s movies were overloaded with jokes about fat people, it was extremely common. That's stigma in action culturally.

soulbadguy|1 year ago

The 80's were 40 years ago... I am not sure where you get your reference from... Jokes about fat people and stigma about being fat aren't the same thing