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“Healthism shows up when we joke about getting diabetes from a single dessert, or refer to a rich meal as a “heart attack on a plate”—implying that those health conditions are caused by failures of a perceived personal responsibility to be healthy...” https://www.self.com/story/healthism
“... not by structural forces that disproportionately harm the health of people living on the down side of power.” #healthism
“ #Healthism shows up when we suggest that trans people should be more worried about the side effects of long-term hormone therapy than their own lived experience of their gender.”
“Perpetuating healthism is a learned behavior...So if you, like me, regularly find yourself falling into the trap of healthism...Here are some questions to reflect on:
Why do you want or expect to know about other people’s health?”
Why do you want or expect to know about other people’s health?”
“If you’re discussing their health with them, have they asked for your input? Are you telling them something they haven’t already heard? (Spoiler alert: Every fat person has heard every diet tip you’re about to share.)”
If you’re discussing their health with them, have they asked for your input? Are you telling them something they haven’t already heard? (Spoiler alert: Every fat person has heard every diet tip you’re about to share.)”
“How do you feel when you assess or judge someone else’s health? How does it make you feel? And why do you keep doing it?
Does your perception of other people’s health usually determine how you treat them? Do you want it to?” #healthism
How do you feel when you assess or judge someone else’s health? How does it make you feel? And why do you keep doing it?Does your perception of other people’s health usually determine how you treat them? Do you want it to?” #healthism
This emphasis on “individual choice” and “individual responsibility” is a cardinal feature of #WhiteSupremacyCulture which is permated the globe.
https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/white-supremacy-culture-characteristics.html
https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/white-supremacy-culture-characteristics.html
