Mary Ray Worley writes in her article “Fat and Happy: In Defense of Fat Acceptance” about traveling to a “different planet” where all fat people can be happy (Worley 163). This “different planet” is a convention of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA) that is held annually in San Diego, California (Worley 163). Worley implies that people who are any size of fat look good when they enjoy having the body that they have and are not self-conscious about it (Worley 163). Worley supplies the reader with information on how hard it can be for a fat person to find clothes after she writes about how the NAAFA invites vendors to its conventions that sell large stylish clothing that will actually fit and look good (Worley 163). A
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She claims most people are reluctant to seek medical care because health specialists are some of the most prejudiced people there are (Worley 165). She believes physicians will treat a person’s weight before treating what is actually wrong with the patient and attribute many complaints or ailments to that person’s weight, and believes that these types of pressures can lead to the quick end of a fat person’s life (Worley 165). What Worley seems to be ignoring is the fact that being fat that can lead to many diseases, which have been previously stated, that will lead to the shortening of a fat person’s life, not being told they are fat by someone whose job is to keep people healthy. Even so, in recent surveys it was found that thirty-one percent of nurses and one in three doctors said that obesity was a condition to which they responded negatively (Ansfield). This survey of four hundred doctors supports Worley’s claims of prejudice fat people face from health professionals. In her article, Worley states “if you are fat, your doctor may put you on a diet before she treats your cough” (Worley 165). The use of the pronoun she in this quote infers that Worley’s doctor, who is a woman, had previously mistreated her this way, which could cause Worley to be more prejudiced on this subject diminishing her
She claims most people are reluctant to seek medical care because health specialists are some of the most prejudiced people there are (Worley 165). She believes physicians will treat a person’s weight before treating what is actually wrong with the patient and attribute many complaints or ailments to that person’s weight, and believes that these types of pressures can lead to the quick end of a fat person’s life (Worley 165). What Worley seems to be ignoring is the fact that being fat that can lead to many diseases, which have been previously stated, that will lead to the shortening of a fat person’s life, not being told they are fat by someone whose job is to keep people healthy. Even so, in recent surveys it was found that thirty-one percent of nurses and one in three doctors said that obesity was a condition to which they responded negatively (Ansfield). This survey of four hundred doctors supports Worley’s claims of prejudice fat people face from health professionals. In her article, Worley states “if you are fat, your doctor may put you on a diet before she treats your cough” (Worley 165). The use of the pronoun she in this quote infers that Worley’s doctor, who is a woman, had previously mistreated her this way, which could cause Worley to be more prejudiced on this subject diminishing her