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Anglo-American Comparison Of Employers Liability For Discrimination In Employment Based On Weightism, Sam Middlemiss

Sam Middlemiss

Discrimination that is motivated by someone’s size or weight is known as weightism, fattism, and obesity or weight-based discrimination. The term weightism is most commonly used in the United States [1]and in this writer’s view is the best term to describe this form of discrimination. This article will involve analysis and comparison of the research into weightism and the legal rules that cover it in the United Kingdom and the United States. Weightism is discrimination that is often based on stereotypical views of people who have weight issues especially, people who are extremely large or obese or very thin. …