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Scientific Weightism: A View of Mainstream Weight Stigma Research Through a Feminist Lens

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In all the ways it matters, fat is a feminist issue. Yet, we find this perspective is absent within the mainstream weight stigma literature. In this chapter, we apply a feminist lens to render visible the problems inherent in the mainstream weight stigma research, with particular attention given to the ways in which this scientific discourse serves as a form of structural stigma, and thus as an agent of weight stigma itself. We consider the assumptions, mixed messages, and gaps embedded in this literature and situate weight stigma more centrally within an intersectional and social justice context. The chapter concludes with several recommendations for advancing a more critical and inclusive psychological science of weight stigmatization.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    We use the term ‘weight stigma’ in this chapter to encompass obesity stigma, anti-fat attitudes, fat prejudice, fat phobia, and weight bias, which are terms also used in the mainstream weight stigma literature.

  2. 2.

    We use the word ‘fat’ as an adjective and not pejoratively, consistent with size acceptance movements and the preferred language use in the critical weight studies literature. Fat also does not connote a medical condition or suggest an ideal weight, against which the fat person would be ‘overweight.’ We also use the term ‘person/people of size’ interchangeably with fat, in recognition of the fact that not all people subscribe to the usage of ‘fat’ or are comfortable with it, and also to reduce the monotonous use of ‘fat’ within our own writing. We recognize, however, that all people have size and therefore this term is also less than optimal.

  3. 3.

    We use the word ‘obesity’ sparingly, and place it in quotes when we do use it to reflect the contentious nature of the word, as it designates a medical condition, pathologizes the fat body, and fuels weight stigma and prejudice.

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Calogero, R.M., Tylka, T.L., Mensinger, J.L. (2016). Scientific Weightism: A View of Mainstream Weight Stigma Research Through a Feminist Lens. In: Roberts, TA., Curtin, N., Duncan, L., Cortina, L. (eds) Feminist Perspectives on Building a Better Psychological Science of Gender. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32141-7_2

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