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How Fat Ties to Feminism
There are many reasons why people consider fat to be a feminist issue. First, the marginalization women feel simply due to their gender can affect their eating habits in a negative way. Second, the intersection of obesity with race and socioeconomic status represents concerns in regards to environmental policy issues. Relating to this second reason is the idea that women, particularly women of color, are more likely to be obese than men in general because of things such as child rearing and a lack of access to fresh produce and goods. In addition, the mere idea of becoming fat has caused many women to develop eating disorders that are sometimes detrimental or life altering. Moreover, women may over eat in an attempt to avoid being an object of the male gaze by making them more invisible to men's desires. Lastly, the intersectionality of being fat and being a woman is at the heart of fat feminism because discrimination and prejudice occur strictly as a result of gender and body type. All of these reasons that connect fatness to feminism revolve around the varying experiences that body type when combined with socioeconomic status, race, gender, sexual orientation, and many other identities can produce.[1 ]