Celebrity fat shaming has ripple effects on women's implicit anti-fat attitudes
Monday, April 15, 2019 - 09:20
in Psychology & Sociology
Comparing 20 instances of celebrity fat-shaming with women's implicit attitudes about weight before and after the event, psychologists found that instances of celebrity fat-shaming were associated with an increase in women's implicit negative weight-related attitudes. They also found that from 2004-2015, implicit weight bias was on the rise more generally.