ANTA02H3 Chapter Notes -Original Affluent Society, Relate, International Monetary Fund
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A thin person is judged to be superior to a heavier person. Children described the thinner figure as friendly, kind, happy and polite while they described the heavier figure as lazy, lying, and cheating. Teachers perceive heavier children as having more behavioural problems than others and as being less well like by their classmates. People who overweight often face hostile work environments, and job discrimination. Workers judges unattractive by their peers are described in more negative terms. Formed their perfect body image from television, films and magazines. The ideal women was tall, long hair, long legs, flat stomach and good clothes. Being thin was the ticket to happiness and popularity. They made moral judgements about them believing that if someone who was overweight really wanted to lose wight, they could. Not losing weight implied that the girl was unconcerned about her personal appearance or was lazy. Girls start sleeping with boys when they are about 13.
