PLEASE ANSWER THE
FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
TRUE OR FALSE (T or F)
| _____1. | Fat is inherently unhealthy. |
| _____2. | The fact that thousands of people lose weight every year shows that those who remain fat consciously or unconsciously choose to do so. |
| _____3. | If the average thin person ate like the average fat person, she or he would become fat. |
| _____4. | "Sensible" diets cannot harm one's health. |
| _____5. | Binging on food is evidence of an oral personality. |
| _____6. | Fat women often use their fat to ward off sexual involvement. |
| _____7. | Over a period of five years, 99% of those who lose weight regain it, usually with interest. |
| _____8. | If fat people feel oppressed, they always have the option of losing weight. |
| _____9. | Doctors are experts on obesity, its causes and cures. |
| _____10. | Being fat is evidence of a weak will or character. |
| _____11. | Fat people welcome even unsolicited dietary advice as an aid in solving their "problem". |
| _____12. | There is something abnormal about individuals who find fat people sexually attractive. |
| _____13. | Medical studies have been carefully controlled to differentiate between the effects of being overweight and the effects of dieting. |
| _____14. | Many people are fat because of emotional problems stemming from too little love either during childhood or at the present time. |
| _____15. | It has been proved that weighing more than one's actuarial ideal causes early death. |
PONDER YOUR ATTITUDES TOWARD FAT
AND FAT PEOPLE
| 1. | How do you feel when you see a fat woman in a halter, swim suit or short skirt or going braless? |
| 2. | Would you feel comfortable being seen publicly with a 300 pound friend? |
| 3. | When you see fat people grocery shopping or eating out, are you judgmental of what they eat? |
| 4. | Do fat people have to prove their intelligence or humanity to you? |
| 5. | How afraid of becoming fat are you? What frightens you most about such a prospect? |
| 6. | Have you ever complained of your five extra pounds or a small bulge in the presence of a person fatter than you? What motivated you? Did you pause to consider her or his feelings in that situation? |
| 7. | What do you perceive as the political importance of the concept of figure control? |
Originally Published in 1974 by the Fat Underground,
Los Angeles, California USA
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