On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Jia Ling made her first public appearance after the success of **, chatting about the behind-the-scenes story of the new work "Hot and Hot". During the live broadcast, Jia Ling even spoke in a gentle voice and tone, making netizens dare not recognize each other. Until she said, "I may be a little tired now", saying that I practiced for 2 hours before coming to the live broadcast, "I may be a little tired after practicing my hips and legs", and showed a Jia Ling-style smile with a pear vortex as she spoke.
Jia Ling's success **100 catties" has become a hot topic during this year's Spring Festival, and "Jia Ling** has become beautiful" has also appeared on the hot search. This is indeed an inspirational story, but in the context of "becoming beautiful", we need to be vigilant about exacerbating prejudice and discrimination against people with an obese body. The whole society should promote a healthy lifestyle, but also avoid the stigma of obesity.
In fact, Jia Ling herself was disliked because of her obesity, and was discriminated against and even humiliated. According to reports, Jia Ling talked about being disliked by her sister for the first time when she participated in the Venus Show, she said that she was only 27 years old at the time, and when she went to the toilet at home, her sister stood at the door of the toilet and looked at her, which made her very puzzled. Unexpectedly, my sister Jia Dan complained about Jia Ling in disgust, "Look at you are fat, you see you are so fat, how can you be worthy of your family", just complaining is not enough, my sister also flew up and kicked Jia Ling off the toilet, not giving her face at all. In addition, when Jia Ling was not famous, there was only one cross talk performance a week, and she couldn't earn 100 yuan, in order to make a living, she ran the crew part-time to work in a bar to make money, but she was humiliated because of her obesity.
Therefore, Jia Ling's success can be regarded as "raising her eyebrows", and it also brought fire to her directed and starring "Hot and Hot". And because it involves the topic of **, this movie has caused controversy before its release, and some viewers are worried that the movie will "scandalize" obese people and label obese people with "black labels". At the moment when "thinness is beautiful", how to avoid prejudice and discrimination against obesity is a social and educational issue that deserves more attention.
In 2023, ** reported that a woman in Dalian, Liaoning Province complained that her application for Haidilao dishwasher was rejected because of her weight, believing that Haidilao discriminated against fat women. The chat log shown by the woman shows that after the recruiter mentioned the relevant job requirements, she asked "is there a weight requirement", and asked "is it convenient to tell me about the height and weight", and after she indicated that she was 168cm tall and weighed 140 pounds, the recruiter said "sorry that it is not suitable". However, there are not a few people who have encountered weight discrimination in job hunting and employment.
Weight is also one of the reasons why primary and secondary school students experience discrimination and school bullying. A study by American scholars found that the most likely reason for children to be bullied is often not race, religion, physical disability or sexual orientation, but weight. Dr. Poole, a professor of human development and family studies at the University of Connecticut, pointed out that being pointed at because of weight can exacerbate the person's unhealthy behavior. For example, fat students who are ridiculed in physical education class often start skipping class to avoid being bullied. In the United States, about one-third of children and adolescents are overweight or obese, and discrimination against weight and height is increasing. Dr. Reginald L. Washington, chief medical officer at Rocky Mountain Children's Hospital, wrote in a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that obese teenage girls receive less college funding from their parents than average-sized girls. The report, reviewing existing research, found that there was bias among doctors, educators, family members and peers, with nearly half of overweight girls saying they were teased by their families because of their weight.
What should I do if my child is discriminated against because of obesity? This is also a concern for many parents in my country. According to the Report on the Status of Nutrition and Chronic Diseases in China (2020), the total overweight and obesity rates among adults aged 18 and above in China are 507%, which is more than half; The prevalence of overweight and obesity in children aged 6-17 years is 19%, and the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children under 6 years of age is 104%。Overweight and obesity are problems that need to be paid attention to in the growth of children and adolescents in China, but to cultivate children and adolescents to develop healthy exercise habits and eating habits, pay attention to weight control, and not be prejudiced against overweight and obese children, and stimulate children and adolescents by stigmatizing obesity. If classmates and teachers make fun of an obese child, it will make him less and less willing to participate in group activities and physical exercise, and some children will become inferior because of obesity.
It can be expected that Jia Ling's success will bring a wave of heat, and "Jia Ling can, why can't you" will become an inspirational slogan. However, each individual is different, and the whole society should form an atmosphere of advocating exercise and health, rather than simply "taking thinness as beauty" and scandalizing obesity. Especially for young students, measures should be taken to encourage them to exercise more, participate in more outdoor sports, improve their physical fitness, and at the same time, educate and guide each student to treat their weight correctly, do not discriminate and ridicule obese students, and obese students should also be full of self-confidence. Xiong Bingqi