sandrasycosaccharine :
I don’t know if this experience ties into it or is similar, but i think it shows, too, how different the “rules” get for fat bodies and how what we’re told about our bodies and what is appropriate for them shapes us. Because i was fat from an early age, I was socialised that I’m the bigger person, I’m the fat one, the “strong” one (in my second language “strong” is even used as a euphemism for fat, sometimes,) so I have to be the protector. I can take it, right? I’m fat, I’m a tank. I can carry heavy things. It also ties in heavily with the masculinasation of fat women and how we can absolutely, definitely, never truly be pretty or feminine in the eyes of society. Unless, maybe, we give birth to children. But only, of course, if we lose the baby weight immediately afterwards. But that’s a whole different topic. 😅 In my early 20s I nearly got myself beaten up by two guys who were hitting on my thin friend at the club (attention which she didn’t want) because I literally put myself in between them. Because that’s what I was taught I could and should physically be able to do because of my larger body. But yeah, these two grown ass men were definitely not intimidated in The slightest by this 5ft something fat girl telling them to fuck off. And it was scary. I was just lucky enough that we were close enough to the doors that one of the bouncers saw what was going down. At the exact same time, that same socialisation and its teachings made it impossible for me to stand up for myself to my own bullies. But that’s another story. To this day, i am the mum friend. The one who takes care of everyone, the one who steps between every bully and their victim. Luckily, as I got older, I’ve learned to keep myself safe too. But yeah, isn’t it fucked up what they do to us from so early on, just because of more fat on our bodies…
2026-09-28 10:52:03