In choosing a study abroad destination, I opted to stay away from Asian countries. Why? I was concerned that I would be discriminated against due to my weight.
I ended up choosing Costa Rica. I still have no idea how Costa Ricans view obesity, so tonight I thought that I would do a google search. It's pretty damn difficult to find that out, to be perfectly honest. What was NOT difficult to figure out was how the USA feels about obesity.
Having lived in the USA, I know how I feel in certain circumstances and locations. But I don't kno our official stance on it as a country. When I typed in "views on obesity in the USA," I was amazed at how hateful some people can be. One Jill Elaine Hughes even went so far as to say that "Fat people are destroying America."
I disagree. Fat people are too lazy to destroy anything.
Obviously I'm being flippant. But seriously! Not okay!
Some people in the USA really, truly HATE obese people. But that hasn't detracted from my life overall.
So I guess that it doesn't really matter if I'm fat when I study abroad. It surely can't be worse than being fat in the US. Which may sound like, awful? But it's actually pretty comforting.
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