Preface; Introduction: The Challenge of Difference; Imagining Legal Protections for Fatness; Shifting the Blame; Balancing Functional Individuals and Embedded Selves; Governing Risk: Medicalization and Normalization; Accommodating Fatness; Conclusion: What Is Worth Wanting in American Antidiscrimination Law?; Notes; Index; About the Author
Summary
Author Interview on The Brian Lehrer Show. America is a weight-obsessed nation. Over the last decade, there's been an explosion of concern in the U.S. about people getting fatter. Plaintiffs are now filing lawsuits arguing that discrimination against fat people should be illegal. Fat Rights asks the first provocative questions that need to be raised about adding weight to lists of currently protected traits like race, gender, and disability. Is body fat an indicator of a character flaw or of incompetence on the job? Does it pose risks or costs to employers they should be allowed to evade? Or i
Analysis
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antidiscrimination
asking
boundaries
brought
cases
citizens
currently
disability
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gender
laws
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lists
little-known
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protected
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-190) and index
