What is the size?
Sizeism is a form of discrimination based on the size of a person or people who are discriminated. This type of discrimination can have a number of forms, from refusing to hire someone, because it is too short to treat individuals overweight with contempt. In some regions, laws that prohibit this type of discrimination are introduced, but size attitudes are often deeply rooted in society, which can be very difficult to combat size. In some situations, the size of a person may be an important aspect of his work, so preference for someone who has a certain size may not be considered discrimination.
This form of prejudice can be based on height, weight or both. People are incredibly diverse species and individuals can have a wide range of sizes. Depending on where there is man in the world, people could tend to be particularly tall, slender, short or plump and many companies internalized the attitudes of abundant size that wouldThey could have manifested in discriminating these sizes. Sizeism can also occur when someone believes that its size is better than other people.
Like other forms of discrimination, the size is not always explicit. This includes maintaining stereotypes and attitudes that support these stereotypes, such as the idea that all fat people are lazy or that all high people play well basketball. Size attitudes may also take the form of manifestations of physical disgust in dealing with people of certain sizes. People are often not aware that they behave in a way that could be considered in size, and the attitudes of size often slipped without mention, even among people who otherwise realize harmful prejudices.
When someone gives someone a judgment or refuses to hire someone based on their size by example. It can also be reflected in the form of a language; Concepts like "beanpole" for highPeople and "thick pig" for people who are overweight are usually epithets. People who are overweight often suffer from discrimination for attitudes that are held in many cultures, but are not the only people who experience size.
For someone who wants to fight the size, recognition of his own prejudices or discriminatory words, and behavior is often the first step. It is also important to analyze the behavior of others and are not afraid to question people's attitudes. As in the case of other "-isms", education and explanation of why the size is offensive to many people can help lead to cultural changes in attitudes and events.