Alarming statistics have appeared, indicating that over half of the world’s population, the bulk being in the US, Europe and East Asia, will be overweight by 2035, according to a report by the appropriately named, World Obesity Federation. In numerical terms, that is over four billion people. The medical evidence links obesity with a wide variety of diseases of living, such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Further, obesity make pregnancy more difficult, and lowers male testosterone levels ands sperm counts, which are already crashing.
Yet the response of radical feminism has not to be to promote health in women, by proper diet and exercise, but to see fat as a feminist issue, and tell women to maintain a “comfortable” body weight, which means, just eat what you like and be fat. As I am an overweight woman, I feel that this is an issue woman need to speak up about, as our health is not some Left-wing social construction. Women of colour are particularly vulnerable, and the feminists are not helping them.
