University of Victoria, Canada.
University of Victoria, Canada.
Body Image. 2022 Jun;41:52-57. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.02.007. Epub 2022 Feb 25.
Western culture is a decidedly anti-fat culture. Thus fat people are subjected to weight stigma and confront discrimination in virtually every facet of their lives. As a result, fat people often develop a self-concept that includes the stigmatized social identity. Weight stigma is also a traumatic experience that disrupts fat people's embodiment by diminishing feelings of attunement to and appreciation for their bodies. Therefore, healing from the trauma of weight stigma may involve developing a more positive fat identity through a process of fat embodiment. Fat embodiment may improve fat people's well-being by bolstering the integrity of the self, supporting efforts to resist public stigma and heal internalized stigma. In our analysis of embodied approaches to resistance and healing, we draw on social and clinical psychology and the works of public fat scholars and activists. We describe methods of fat embodiment like embracing bodily needs, engaging with fat-positive perspectives, connecting with fat community, and embracing desire and sensual pleasure. Ultimately, we conclude that transforming a negative fat identity into a positive identity through fat embodiment can support the pursuit of justice for fat bodies, connect fat people to their bodily needs and sensations, and support increased self-care and bodily fulfillment.
西方文化是一种明显的反肥胖文化。因此，肥胖者会受到体重污名化的影响，并在生活的几乎各个方面都面临歧视。结果，肥胖者通常会形成一种自我概念，其中包括被污名化的社会身份。体重污名化也是一种创伤性经历，它通过削弱人们对身体的协调感和欣赏感，破坏肥胖者的身体体现。因此，从体重污名化的创伤中恢复可能涉及通过肥胖体现来发展更积极的肥胖身份。肥胖体现可以通过增强自我完整性、支持抵制公众污名和治愈内化污名来提高肥胖者的幸福感。在我们对体现方法的抵制和治疗的分析中，我们借鉴了社会和临床心理学以及公共肥胖学者和活动家的作品。我们描述了肥胖体现的方法，如拥抱身体需求、接触积极的肥胖观点、与肥胖社区建立联系、以及拥抱欲望和感官愉悦。最终，我们得出结论，通过肥胖体现将消极的肥胖身份转变为积极的身份，可以支持肥胖者身体的正义追求，使肥胖者与身体需求和感觉联系起来，并支持更多的自我护理和身体满足。
