There's a survey attached to an article in todays Age online.
http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/beauty/blogs/beauty-beat/comfortably-tummied/20100928-15um7.html#poll Should overweight people wear bikinis or keep their fleshy bits covered up?
There are two sides to this "coin", I think.
Firstly, fat acceptance is important. People are discriminated against due to their weight and the more people allow themselves to make their own clothing choices based on their preference and not society's, the better.
On the other hand, people are discriminated against due to their weight and when an overweight person feels extremely self conscious they may want to soothe those feelings with food - causing more of a problem weight-wise. So it may be better to wear something flattering and concealing, than let it all hang out.
Here's one posted comment "Fat is not something you should inflict on others"
and another "People should wear whatever they feel comfortable in and never be concerned about the rampant wankery of those obsessed with "style" and "trends"."
What do you think? (By the way, the survey was 66% against bikinis on overweight people, 34% for)
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