

I mentioned thin people are privileged in being able to go to the pool and not be mocked on Reddit in r/boddyacceptance in response to telling a fat woman she should learn to dissociate herself from her body to feel more comfortable. I mentioned thin privilege is being able to function in society without having to dissociate yourself from your body,this was the response I recieved:



“Fat privilege is diminishing the efforts made by healthy people for your own emotional needs.

this is /r/bodyacceptace not /r/thinhate.”



The efforts made by healthy people, so thin = healthy? Supporting fat people now is hating thin people? I’ve heard of the flawed logic people who fear the acceptance of fat people, apparently even on a body acceptance group fat people still get shot down, for stating the reality thin people have privilege.





Body acceptance is not denying privilege exists, body acceptance is not allowing people to claim thin bodies are “earned” full well knowing how damaging that is to fat people, since it implies they are fat because they haven’t done enough to be thin. Body acceptance should not allow thin people to bully and silence fat people, by saying they must hate thin people because they forced them to face their privilege.



There also isn’t a r/thin hate group, there however are several groups dedicated to fat hate.