Sizeism
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Sizeism, weightism/heightism or size discrimination is unjust or prejudicial treatment directed at people based on their size.
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- Discrimination
- Characteristics
- Prevalence
- Countermeasures
- See also
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Sizeism, weightism/heightism or size discrimination is unjust or prejudicial treatment directed at people based on their size.
==Discrimination== This type of discrimination can take a number of forms, ranging from refusing to hire someone because they are considered to be too short or too tall, to treating overweight and underweight individuals with disdain.
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