CREDIT: Shutterstock The focus on the nation’s obesity epidemic, coupled with society’s specific gender-based expectations for women to look a certain way, ultimately results in fewer professional opportunities for women who are overweight, according to a new Vanderbilt University study. Compared to average-sized women and men, overweight American women are more likely to occupy lower-paying jobs in less respected sectors of the U.S.
How Fat Shaming Ends Up Hurting Women’s Paychecks
Tara Culp-Ressler, Think Progress
Thu, 10/23/2014 - 6:14am
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