DESPLAZAMIENTO Y NORMALIZACIÓN DEL RECHAZO LABORAL HACIA LAS MUJERES POR CUESTIONES DE TALLA.

Any discussion of obesity in the domain of health and beauty takes on a perspective with negative consequences for corpulent women. Overweight women are discriminated against, along with traditional sexism. Five related questions are discussed by analyzing on-line newspapers and personal blogs: different ways women are discriminated against in employment, the contexts of discrimination, the arguments used for legitimating that rejection, the arguments used by women in answer, and the differences in rejection of corpulent women and men. This rejection is articulated in a culture of segregation at work and a set of strategies intended to normalize discrimination. This paper attempts to specify the discourses of discrimination in the workplace, open the question to public debate, and stimulate thought about affirmative proactive measures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]