That's true, said Bettye Travis, president of the National Associaton to Advance Fat Acceptance. And that won't change until a law is passed making it illegal to discriminate based on body size, just as there are rules that forbid discrimination based on race or sex. Calif. People don't feel embarrassed humiliating heavy people. Talk-show hosts would never make fun of someone's race, but they often joke about body size, she said. And there is little to no education on size acceptance, Travis said.
Some overweight children commit suicide because of the humiliation by their peers.
But if a child was getting tormented because of his race or national origin, the schoolteacher would certainly step in, she said. Southwest has a long history that appearance counts. Despite the argument the airline made that it had a business necessity to require the sexy garb, the court ruled the airline was in the transportation business and had no legitimate business reason to deny men flight-attendant jobs. The same people running the company today dictated the hot pants and go-go boots, said Scott Pawgan, the lawyer who is representing Kennon. They're still focused on attractiveness.