Thin privilege is not having to hear that every single medical condition is caused by your weight.

I have had back problems since I was a pre teen, and many people in my family have had the same issues, (some fat, some not). I went to the ER for my back hurting so bad that I could even stand up straight. The doctor came in, sat down, said “lose some weight and it won’t hurt,” and walked out the door. Never looked at, touched, or x-rayed my back. Cost $500+ just to hear that I was overweight, a fact I already knew.

I went to get a second opinion from a family doctor. She took an x-ray to find that my spine was much much straighter than it should be. There isn’t as much of an ’S’ curve as the average backbone. This is hereditary, and has absolutely nothing to do with weight.

To this day, I wish I could remember that a**hole’s name so I could report him to the chief of medicine of that hospital for discrimination and not doing his damn job.