How language shapes anti-fat bias: comparing the effects of disease and fat-rights framing

Being fat is often described as a “disease”—a form of linguistic framing that may exacerbate bias against fat people rather than reduce it as intended. Framing fatness as a matter of equal treatment and respect (“fat rights”) may be more effective for bias reduction. In a preregistered experiment (N...

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Main Authors: Ella D. Rook, Kevin J. Holmes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Communication
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2023.1284074/full