The Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy &
The men in the study rated the obese woman defendant as guiltier than the skinny woman, while the female participants judged the two
No bias was shown from either sex toward the obese man or the skinny man.
"Only the obese female defendant was penalized for her weight, a finding that is consistent with research published in the past 20 years that shows obese females face more weight-related stigma than obese males," the study found.
That finding has prompted the Yale researchers to surmise that weight-based stigmatization is now on par with racial discrimination and is affecting everything from people's chances at trial to their employment and social interactions.
"The present study identifies yet another setting in which obese persons are vulnerable to bias and discrimination," the study's lead author Natasha Schvey said in a statement.
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