Pati Chapoy and Yuridia have become a national trendafter a comment that the host of the Ventaneando program made about the singer was resumed, in 2005, when He called her “fat”, in a derogatory tone.
Since then, the relationship between Chapoy and Yuridia has been tense.; and the singer has resumed the debate by ensuring that Those disqualifications have been part of the “most difficult stage of his life”to which in Ventanearon they responded that it was a comment that was in a certain historical context, and that it is not today, where the issue of people’s overweight is delicate to be dealt with.
Today, talking about other people’s bodies is a politically incorrect act. And the authorities rigorously point out this type of behavior. The term fatphobic has gained strength and here we share what it is about.
What is fatphobia?
The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and the Council to Prevent and Eliminate Discrimination of Mexico City (Copred) point out that Fatphobia is the discrimination experienced by fat people for the fact of being fat.. This concept has its origin in the English expression fatphobia. Fatphobia It is a sociocultural, economic and political phenomenonwhat It is loaded with value prejudices, inciting hatred against bodies that do not fall within the normative body canons.
Consequences of fatphobia:
Limitation of access to rights resulting from discrimination that fat people live, is one of the most serious consequences.
Fatphobia threatens mental health, because people who do not meet the perfect body marked by the era of thinness and fitness, suffer discrimination in all spaces. At the same time, repulsion and social rejection generates self-hatred in fat people and against his body.
Eating disorders, such as anorexia, bulimia, and “binge eating disorder”, are alarming consequences of fatophobia. Of every 10 cases of people with anorexia and bulimia, nine were women, which exposes that the scope of fatphobia is not the same for both genders.
Figures and data on fatphobia
At the national level, 20.2% of the population aged 18 or over declared having been discriminated against in 2017. The main reasons were the way of dressing or personal grooming, weight or height, age and religious beliefs. In Mexico City, on a personal level, 27.6% of citizens acknowledged that they had been discriminated against at some time. Of this percentage, people indicated that discrimination occurred on the street (28.5%), at work (24.6%), at school (11.2%), on public transport (11.1%) and in some public institution (7.7 %).
With information from the National Survey on Discrimination (ENADIS) 2017.
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