Thinly Veiled Oppression: Anti-Fat Bias and the Need for Revolution in Therapeutic Practice

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cityu.schoolSchool of Health and Social Sciences
cityu.siteVancouver, BC
cityu.site.countryCanada
dc.contributor.authorNapier, Jennifer
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-24T22:49:24Z
dc.date.available2022-10-24T22:49:24Z
dc.date.issued2022-09
dc.description.abstractThe oppression of fat bodies has been insidious in its harm to women's mental health since the 19th century. Systemic body-based oppression is expressed through, and upheld by, the complicity and bias enacted by the health industry and psychotherapeutic tenets. This paper explores the racist roots of anti-fatness and the violence and control levied against fat women. Language is examined, exposing the origins of slurs commonly used such as 'obese,' and giving voice to individual identities. The experiences of fat women in healthcare are shared through an investigation of the medical industrial complex and the long-standing history of bias in psychology. Current approaches including health at every size, weight neutrality, and queering therapy are analyzed with a fat liberationist lens. Resources are then offered in response to this research, including social justice-based steps for counsellors based on the radical resistance of fat activists to revolutionize care and clinical implications for work with fat clients.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11803/1933
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisher.institutionCity University of Seattle (CityU)
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
dc.rightsopenAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/
dc.subjectanti-oppression
dc.subjectanti-fat
dc.subjectfat liberation
dc.subjectbody-based oppression
dc.subjectbody image
dc.titleThinly Veiled Oppression: Anti-Fat Bias and the Need for Revolution in Therapeutic Practice
dc.typeCapstone
thesis.degree.disciplineCounselling
thesis.degree.grantorCity University of Seattle
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Counselling
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