4th Quarter Article #2

I read an article in Glamour magazine about peoples' perceptions of others based on their physical physique (weight). Overweight people are stereotyped as "sloppy, lazy, and slow" while skinny people are typed as "uptight, controlling, unwomanly, and bitchy." Survey results showed women were 6-8 times for like to stereotype an overweight woman in that matter and 4 times as likely to stereotype a skinny woman. Even people who had the same body type applied the stereotype to peers with a similar physique.  These stereotypes of women have gone back centuries which can be seen in old fables where skinny women are depicted as witches and overweight women are depicted as warm and ineffective workers.

I chose this article because it had an interesting psychological observation of peoples' perceptions. I've always been fascinated as to what people think and why they think about it. The article was fairly well written; he used quotes to support his assertions but there was still evident bias throughout the piece. I enjoyed this article and it made me think about my stereotypes of other people and made me think about refraining judgmental thoughts of others based on appearance.
http://www.glamour.com/health-fitness/2012/05/weight-stereotyping-the-secret-way-people-are-judging-you-based-on-your-body-glamour-june-2012