How to fight fatphobia at work? The shrink’s response

2023-09-07 12:53:37

The fight against fatphobia appeared in the United States in the 1970s, but the term only arrived in France about twenty years later and only entered the Robert dictionary in 2019. It designates all facts of discrimination and harassment faced by obese people because of their physical appearance. They can be victims in the intimate sphere, at school, in public spaces, but also at the doctor’s office or at work. Hostile attitudes and remarks towards them are not always expressed openly. But each time they are harmful for the overweight employee and have no place in the company, believes Sylvaine Alibert, occupational psychologist. And the employer has his role to play…