Do men have thin privilege or do they just have male privilege? Is it just women who have thin privilege?

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soccergirl1990-blog

Thin men do have thin privilege. The intersection of misogyny and fat oppression means that women are usually treat much worse for being fat, but fat men still experience a lot of discrimination.

Very thin men may experience teasing or bullying for it, but not the outright discrimination fat men get (such as in employment or medical care), and what very thin men do experience is a result of sexist notions of what a man should look like, rather than any kind of “thin discrimination.”

For more on men and thin privilege/fat oppression, I suggest red3blog.

-MG