Obesity has expanded worldwide and individuals show little concern to eliminate this outbreak, rather they stand back and ridicule. In modern days, it is common to see individuals who are overweight and in “Fat and Happy: In Defense of Fat Acceptance” by Mary Ray Worley and “Fat and Happy?” by Hillel Schwartz the topic of obesity is discussed. Worley expresses her experience at a convention that opened her eyes to the beauty in obesity. She informs the reader of the struggles, such as anxiety, that hold individuals back from living a happy life. Schwartz utilizes data to convey that obesity has become an epidemic and few help the issue. He explains that society treats people inadequately due to being fat. Both authors agree that the spread
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Society forces overweight people to suffer by name calling and other rude gestures which in turn cause them to attempt dieting and weight loss plans to please humans. In life, Schwartz illustrates one reaches a plateau weight, a weight when “metabolism will be satisfied and their bodies healthy”, and those who continue to try to lose weight will suffer (Schwartz, 180). Schwartz provides statistics, which have shown that individuals are fired from their job due to their body mass (Schwartz, 181). The world punishes people who are incapable of controlling or fighting their body weight. According to Schwartz, if people do wish to receive help, the last place a person wants to go is to the doctor’s office because physicians themselves judge and “blame the victim” (Schwartz, 182). Studies have shown that most doctors are overweight themselves and those who treat obesity know very little about the topic (Schwartz, 182). To conclude this article, Schwartz describes a perfect fat utopia and the perks involved, such as less judgment and confidence level …show more content…
Both Worley and Schwartz utilize “fat” to depict individuals (Worley and Schwartz, all pages). The authors rarely incorporate words such as overweight or obese to replace fat. Due to the repetition of fat, the authors are symbolizing people in the real world and their use of harsh words to describe people. The ideal body has changed over the years and when people describe others, they believe everyone should have an expected image. Therefore, standards are set extremely high that very few are capable of reaching. By utilizing harsh words, the article becomes realistic by reflecting the outside world. People identify an individual based on his or her body causing fatness to rise above “religion, race, sexual preference, income, gender” (Schwartz, 183). The world is wronging individuals by judging them based on their figure; there is more to a human being than what is shown on the
Society forces overweight people to suffer by name calling and other rude gestures which in turn cause them to attempt dieting and weight loss plans to please humans. In life, Schwartz illustrates one reaches a plateau weight, a weight when “metabolism will be satisfied and their bodies healthy”, and those who continue to try to lose weight will suffer (Schwartz, 180). Schwartz provides statistics, which have shown that individuals are fired from their job due to their body mass (Schwartz, 181). The world punishes people who are incapable of controlling or fighting their body weight. According to Schwartz, if people do wish to receive help, the last place a person wants to go is to the doctor’s office because physicians themselves judge and “blame the victim” (Schwartz, 182). Studies have shown that most doctors are overweight themselves and those who treat obesity know very little about the topic (Schwartz, 182). To conclude this article, Schwartz describes a perfect fat utopia and the perks involved, such as less judgment and confidence level …show more content…
Both Worley and Schwartz utilize “fat” to depict individuals (Worley and Schwartz, all pages). The authors rarely incorporate words such as overweight or obese to replace fat. Due to the repetition of fat, the authors are symbolizing people in the real world and their use of harsh words to describe people. The ideal body has changed over the years and when people describe others, they believe everyone should have an expected image. Therefore, standards are set extremely high that very few are capable of reaching. By utilizing harsh words, the article becomes realistic by reflecting the outside world. People identify an individual based on his or her body causing fatness to rise above “religion, race, sexual preference, income, gender” (Schwartz, 183). The world is wronging individuals by judging them based on their figure; there is more to a human being than what is shown on the