Overweight and transgender individuals in society
Overweight and transgender persons in society are in most cases the targets of bias and stigma. The essay will discuss problems of depression, anxiety, social isolation, and low self-esteem as the harmful effects of stereotyping to the obese and transgender individuals.
Effects of stereotyping on overweight individuals
Overweight is often associated with bad habits of ingesting and laziness to exercise frequently. Some refer to obese persons as slobs and lazy due to the fact of the beliefs learned from parents or friends. Stereotyping these people consequently affects them leading to isolation the often outcomes in loneliness and depression.
Effects of stereotyping on transgender individuals
The total number of transgender individuals in society is greater than what is always known to the public. Social isolation is likely to occur as many people isolate them because of the myth that they are crazy and not normal people. Social isolation is also visible to the overweight individuals as many people will tend to discriminate them in public places (Phelan et al. 322).
Conclusion
In conclusion, stereotyping to the overweight and transgender individuals go beyond physical attacks and abuses. As discussed, discrimination results in depression, low self-esteem, social isolation, and anxiety. All these effects have a tormenting effect on the emotional, physiological and mental state of the individuals.
Works Cited
Norton, Aaron T. and Gregory M. Herek. “Heterosexuals’ Attitudes toward Transgender People:
Findings from a National Probability Sample of US Adults.” Sex Roles 68.11-12 (2013):
738-753.
Phelan, Sean M., et al. “Impact of Weight Bias and Stigma on Quality of Care and Outcomes for
Patients with Obesity.” Obesity Reviews 16.4 (2015): 319-326.
