HTTP:: Victim of Attack Candaigns Against Fat Discrimination
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More and more people are classified as overweight or obese with each passing day in what has been generally referred to as the obesity epidemics. Health experts constantly issue warnings about the health risks the obese and overweight are exposed to because of the many extra pounds, but the danger for them lurks from the outside world as well. Bullying and fatism are becoming ever-present wherever we look, 53-year-old Marsha Coupe says for the Daily Mail. Ms. Coupe is overweight, but that alone should not be a reason for discrimination, let alone for a hate crime, she says for the publication. She was recently attacked on a train for the mere reason that she weighed more than the average woman, was left with severe bruises all over her body and even feared she might lose one of her eyes. Because of this, now that she’s made full recovery, she aims to use her own example to help people understand that fatism is as serious and hurtful as racism or other types of discrimin!
ation that one can think of. “I was returning home one night on a train and a woman sat across from me started kicking me and said, Hey fattie! You should not be on the train, you need two seats, she said. I had probably 30 to 40 bruises over my chest and my neck. […] London prides itself on being diverse yet t...
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