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Thursday, October 23, 2014

How Fat Shaming Ends Up Hurting Women's Paychecks

The focus on the nation's obesity epidemic, coupled with society's specific gender-based expectations for women to look a certain way, ultimately results in fewer professional opportunities for women who are overweight, according to a new Vanderbilt University study . Compared to average-sized women and men, overweight American women are more likely to occupy lower-paying jobs in less respected sectors of the U.S. workforce.



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