THIN MEN....OVERWEIGHT WOMEN ( Archived) (144)

Boban1: You do have a point ,and its not only that over weighted folks are discriminated, but this is a good topic to start with...

In response to: There isn't much I can say to introduce this suject. It has been happening for a long time in the workforce and most likely won't ever change. I don't think it's fair but neither is life sometimes.

I personally was treated differently when I worked being that I was overweight and I think it's because employers thought I didn't respect myself and if I didn't respect myself, I probably didn't respect my job. That wasn't true as I loved my job, and somedays worked 10-11 hours a day as a legal assistant. No matter how hard I worked, I saw with my own eyes how thin assistants were treated with fairness, patience and courtesy.

I'm still a bit overweight and no matter where I go I believe I am treated differently then the woman who is thin whether it be in a doctor's office, the grocery line or just walking through a store.

I've been on CS many years and not too long ago I approached a gentlemen and he rejected me because he wants a slim woman. He is entitled to look for the kind of woman he wants but I have to tell ya, I was hurt to be rejected for such a shallow reason.

I'm betting that there are men and women on CS who once held executive positions, or management positions, and I'd like to hear from them if they ever denied a man or woman a job because that person was overweight..

montecito: There isn't much I can say to introduce this suject. It has been happening for a long time in the workforce and most likely won't ever change. I don't think it's fair but neither is life sometimes.

I personally was treated differently when I worked being that I was overweight and I think it's because employers thought I didn't respect myself and if I didn't respect myself, I probably didn't respect my job. That wasn't true as I loved my job, and somedays worked 10-11 hours a day as a legal assistant. No matter how hard I worked, I saw with my own eyes how thin assistants were treated with fairness, patience and courtesy.

I'm still a bit overweight and no matter where I go I believe I am treated differently then the woman who is thin whether it be in a doctor's office, the grocery line or just walking through a store.

I've been on CS many years and not too long ago I approached a gentlemen and he rejected me because he wants a slim woman. He is entitled to look for the kind of woman he wants but I have to tell ya, I was hurt to be rejected for such a shallow reason.

I'm betting that there are men and women on CS who once held executive positions, or management positions, and I'd like to hear from them if they ever denied a man or woman a job because that person was overweight..

montecito: There isn't much I can say to introduce this suject. It has been happening for a long time in the workforce and most likely won't ever change. I don't think it's fair but neither is life sometimes.

I personally was treated differently when I worked being that I was overweight and I think it's because employers thought I didn't respect myself and if I didn't respect myself, I probably didn't respect my job. That wasn't true as I loved my job, and somedays worked 10-11 hours a day as a legal assistant. No matter how hard I worked, I saw with my own eyes how thin assistants were treated with fairness, patience and courtesy.

I'm still a bit overweight and no matter where I go I believe I am treated differently then the woman who is thin whether it be in a doctor's office, the grocery line or just walking through a store.

I've been on CS many years and not too long ago I approached a gentlemen and he rejected me because he wants a slim woman. He is entitled to look for the kind of woman he wants but I have to tell ya, I was hurt to be rejected for such a shallow reason.

I'm betting that there are men and women on CS who once held executive positions, or management positions, and I'd like to hear from them if they ever denied a man or woman a job because that person was overweight..

First, I don't see you as being over weight and if this is as big as you've been in your life, then I think you have some paranoia, sista!

maryrachelle: There have been studies done about thin attractive people moving ahead faster in their careers over their less attractive counterparts.As my mother has told me for as long as I can remember "who ever said life was fair?".