Do people who are overweight deserve our respect or ridicule?

Question

I just wanted to see -I read another question that asked about McDonalds, and wether fat people had the right to eat there- most of the answers were very judgemental towards fat people.I do NOT judge people by their fatness or skinniness. Nor do I give unsolicited diet advice- but I have seen many thin people who are just disgusted by weighted people.

Answer 1

everyone; fat, thin, young, old, attractive, ugly, fit, disabled, all deserves respect, not ridicule.

if you are arrogant enough to feel the need to ridicule, then please reserve it for those who deserve it: bigots, shallow, insensitive, self-centered egotists.

Answer 2

What type of question is that?
People who are overweight are people!
There not like aliens... sorry if this is coming out the wrong way. I dont know if your good or bad and im not going to judge that.
Im Roxi, im 19 and use to way 198 pounds i thought i was fat. i became anerxic when i was 16 and lost 98 pounds. The pressure is so hard. being so young and being called fat. Being ridiculed because your overweight is something only a evil person would do. They are people to. after two years in a physitily Im now a senior in high school and weigh 120. I am happy with my size and wish that i would not have cared when i was younger. I love who i am. Being overweight does not make some one an alien! they do to have feelings. So give everyone the same equal amount of respect! due to have there personailty is not how they look!!!

Answer 3

Overweight people deserve respect. Conversely, NOBODY
deserves ridicule.

To ridicule is cruel, humiliating and demeaning. NOBODY
"deserves" THAT!

People make assumptions and prejudge overweight people
ALL the time. But unless you REALLY know the details of
that persons life AND the inter-working of that person's mind ...You can not and should not form a conclusion about why they have issues with weight.

Most of us assume that overweight people eat to fulfill a
void in their life. Maybe that is true. But most of us do not
understand that the void "may" have been the result of childhood abuse or neglect. (Or other circumstances that
warrant compassion and understanding!)

Also, there are many people that are overweight due to medical reasons. There are medications that cause people to bloat or gain weight.

Finally ... What gives any ONE person the right to decide
WHO deserves respect or who DOES NOT deserve respect.

Suppose "someone" decided that the people that participate
in Yahoo Answers do not deserve respect. Suppose that
person decided that you and I "deserved" to be ridiculed! (Because we belong to "Yahoo Answers")

I know that I would NOT like that! What about YOU???

Answer 4

Honey, would you ridicule someone who had to use a cane, walker, wheelchair, etc.? I didn't think so. Sometimes being overweight is a side effect of an illness. Other times, it's a side effect of a person in misery who uses food as something to comfort them. Right now, I'm battling weight that I've put on in a year's time. 30 pounds. ALL PEOPLE DESERVE OUR RESPECT. Only and until they do something to change our opinion of them. Remember--we don't know what is going on in another person's life and they don't know our's. EVERY person you meet, every day, is battling something in their life, they're fighting their own wars and we just don't know what their problems are. You are probably one of those that would make fun of someone because of the clothes they wear, not caring if that's all or the best they have.......

Answer 5

What does treating someone with respect have to do with their weight? When I interact with people, I don't base the respect I show them by how much they weigh, of all things. In fact, I don't base my respect of others on anything - weight, race, social class, height, etc, none of that matters. I just treat people with respect, period.

They certainly don't deserve my ridicule. Life is tough and we're all dealing with something. Some of us overeat, some drink to excess, some do drugs, etc. Just because someone has an overeating issue doesn't mean I have the right to ridicule them. Anyone who does that is a little challenged in the character department.

Answer 6

No one deserves ridicule. Not obese or anorexic people. It is true that their decisions are not the best ones, but we do not know under what circumstances they may have become this way. Nor do we have the right to judge them.

I must say however, that when I see overweight people eating unhealthy, it makes me very sad for them - but they are choosing their own lifestyle, and it is not my place to ridicule them.

Perhaps what these people need is love and understanding, but above all more nutritional education on these matters.

Answer 7

That's sad that you even have to ask a question like that.
Just because someone is overweight, it does not mean they eat too much and exercise too little. There are actual Medical conditions that can cause people to gain weight or make it hard for them to lose weight. Some medications cause weight gain. Maybe they have joint problems or a bone disease that keeps them from being able to exercise. Lighten up and be kind to people regardless of their outward appearance.

Answer 8

People who are overweight are either suffering from a medical condition or they have low self esteem and eat to comfort themselves. We should show respect to EVERYONE no matter what they weigh. If you treat people nicely and with respect according to their physical appearance, then that is being prejudice.

Answer 9

No.

I have friends who are overweight. It really makes me mad when someone says about an overweight person, "Oh, they could skip a few meals." That's horrible advice no matter what diet you're on and no matter how much you weigh.

Answer 10

ridicule does nothing to help them, However I am amazed that are so many things out there that enable people to be fat (big and tall stores, seatbelt extenders, soap on a stick, etc.)