My nieces, 5 and 9 yr old girls, treat the word "fat" the way I'd treat the word "bitch" (as something that slips out occasionally but is unforgivably rude if directed at a person), and it really bothers me how the culture does that to kids.
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Example: A character on a TV show is fat. My niece might say "He's fat." Then immediately cover her mouth and apologize to me and the air in the room for having said this unforgivable thing. I try to counter with "Yeah, isn't he funny?" Or "Oh yeah, he's a big fat guy, huh?"
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It goes beyond just the word fat, too. Yesterday I was playing Mario 3DW with the 9 yr old. She observed that the Tanooki suit "makes Peach's butt look kinda big" and then immediately apologized for noticing Tanooki Peach's funny round butt.
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I've been watching The History of Swear Words with the 9 yr old (trying to instill a lifelong love of learning via giggling over people in a show saying "fuck") and I actually wonder if fat is on its way to becoming a curse word, based on this behavior.
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Yeah, exactly. I try to low key model a more comfortable relationship to the word, as well as being a person who their own eyes can tell is fat and (hopefully) embodies some comfort and happiness in my own skin, but you can't singlehandedly fight a cultural attitude that strong.
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