My cousin has a medical condition that makes her gain weight. Her school has this rule that all overweight children must take P.E. as a way to get kids more active. It’s one of those fighting-the-obesity-epidemic things. She is already active enough and especially loves softball. Unfortunately, her school refuses to understand that her weight is a result of a medical condition. She is being forced to take P.E. because “policies are policies” and is getting cheated out of Art class (the alternative to P.E.). She loves art.

Thin privilege is not getting forced into a P.E. class because of people making inaccurate judgments about why you weigh what you weigh.

Thin privilege is going to a school like this and being able to have P.E. as an option, not a requirement.