Fat People Don't Deserve Love?

     This friday in dance class our teacher decided to skip dancing for the day and do an activity she had been wanting to do for while. She handed us each a sheet of paper and a pen and asked us to write about how it felt to have a body. She wanted us to describe about how we felt as women about our bodies and how we felt the world made us feel about our bodies. After writing down our thoughts she showed a book she had found this summer (I wish I remember the name of the book, but I can't so I'll find out later). The book had a picture of a woman on each page and then a short paragraph or two about how that woman felt about her body. Some of them describe how various illnesses had affected them, how they felt like their body was in constant inner turmoil.

     One story stuck out to me the most. It was the story of a woman that was very large. She talked about how when she would walk down the street people would give her disapproving looks or make rude comments. They would look at her and think that she had no self control or willpower and that was the reason that she was so fat. It was simply her own fault for not being able to control herself. The most striking thing she said was that a lot of people think that "fat people don't deserve love." 

     To be honest I find a lot of truth in her words. Often times when I see people that are obese I tend to think that it is a lifestyle choice in a way. They chose to eat too much food,  they chose to not excercise, and therefore it is entirely their fault that they look the way they do. However, now I see that there is a lot of fault in that line of thinking. Everyone has very different genetic types and some make it easier to maintain a small figure than others. People can do little to change things like their metabolism rate, which has a great affect on body weight. Twenty people can run a mile and it will have a completely different affect on each and every persons body. We need to learn to be more accepting of different body types and not prematurely judge people based on how they look.

Do you think women face more difficulties with their bodies? Why do you think we judge people based on their body types?