Research Catalog

Title

Tipping the scales of justice : fighting weight-based discrimination / Sondra Solovay.

Author

Solovay, Sondra, 1970-

Publication

Amherst, NY : Prometheus Books, 2000.

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Details

Description

261 p.; 23 cm.

Subject

• Body image
• Overweight children > Psychology
• Obesity > Psychological aspects
• Obesity > Social aspects
• Self-esteem in children
• Body image > Social aspects
• Physical-appearance-based bias
• Discrimination against overweight persons
• Body Image

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Foreword / Marilyn Wann -- Prejudice in Practice: The Felony Trial of Marlene Corrigan--A Case Study of Fat Bias in the Pursuit of Justice -- The Food Police: An Introduction to Fat Prejudice -- But Names Will Never Hurt Me: Growing Up Fat -- Education and the Fat Child -- If the Child Is Fat, Is the Parent Unfit? -- Verbal Abuse and Beyond -- Judging the Jury -- Professional Appearance Required: Weight-Based Employment Discrimination -- Intersectionality Issues in Weight Discrimination: Weight Requirements as Sex Discrimination -- Is an Ample Body an Able Body?: Fat and Disability Law -- The Brand-New, Eat-All-You-Want, Safe, Effective, Immediate, Forever Weight-Loss Plan: Truth in Advertising -- The Medical Profession: Assumptions Before Science -- The Medical Profession: Conflicts of Interest -- How the Medical Profession Treats Fat People -- Throw Away the Key: Involuntary Adult Commitment -- The Fat Lady's Screaming, Not Singing: Continuing the Fight Against Fat Discrimination -- Resources and Activism -- The Law -- Excerpts from the Americans with Disabilities Act.

ISBN

1573927643 (paper)

LCCN

^^^99048231^

OCLC

• 42692039
• SCSB-9962526

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library