Cam Nguyen
Intro to Sociology
Unequal Weight Assignment
1) What, according to you, is the author trying to achieve through this study? In other words, what is the objective and outcome of this study?
The objective of this study is to point out the shortcomings of previous research on measuring weight-based discrimination and explaining it as an effect that caused by the social class. In addition, using updated research on weight-based income inequality, the author wants to test for specific types of discrimination between obese and nonobese workers and how those types would interact with genders.
The research finds that there is a gender difference in how men and women experience weight-based discrimination. The obese men in the study receive
Intro to Sociology
Unequal Weight Assignment
1) What, according to you, is the author trying to achieve through this study? In other words, what is the objective and outcome of this study?
The objective of this study is to point out the shortcomings of previous research on measuring weight-based discrimination and explaining it as an effect that caused by the social class. In addition, using updated research on weight-based income inequality, the author wants to test for specific types of discrimination between obese and nonobese workers and how those types would interact with genders.
The research finds that there is a gender difference in how men and women experience weight-based discrimination. The obese men in the study receive