Article written by Jennifer Ogoo Okolo. Enjoy...
"The Fat girl ends up miserable year after year. The society
has neglected the fuller woman. This has resulted to fat girls feeling
depressed, left-out and downcast. The average big lady spends most of their
years in solitude, angry at themselves, the society and even their shadow. Many
are being laugh at, ridiculed, jilted, abused and sent back indoors where they
are depressed and even get fatter. The society is such a big nightmare for this
group of people which is saddening." Continue...
When they go for shopping which is a very beautiful and fun
experience for almost every lady. But for the fat girl, it’s a rather sober
experience. In many cases, sizes are deceptive to the extent that a size 12
dress will be tagged size 18. She has to through every cloth in the store
before she finds what fits her. Sometimes, she ends up not seeing any
flattering outfit. Again, the sadness begins.
Then she turns to her tailor to make a good dress for her. A
beautifully styled dress she saw in a magazine page. The tailor makes it, it’s
still not flattering. Sarcastically, the tailor says, “I find it difficult
sewing for fat girls, it is too hard”. Again, the sadness begins.
Her soon-to-be-married best friend calls, “Wendy, will you be
one of my bridesmaids”? “Don’t answer of course you will”. She is excited.“Will
call you up later so we go choose the dresses with the other girls”. Her heart
drops. Shopping bridesmaids with the other girls, she knows will be a huge
nightmare because she is the “fat girl”. While shopping, The saleslady says,
"We don't have your size, so here's the biggest we do have," and she
gives it a try. Of course, it never fits. Her underarm fat is spilling over,
her back fat is folding over the waist, and she can't get the thing to slip
over her butt. But it looks beautiful on everyone else! And she is left feeling
guilty for being more than a handful. Again, the sadness begins.
At NYSC orientation camp. The fat girl is handed her dress
bag. She opens it. The kaki trouser is as small as a size 6’s whereas she is a
size 18. “Ma’am, dis kaki is too small for me, can I get a larger size”, she
says to the platoon mistress. The lady murmurs, “Exchange with someone else”. (lol,
we’ve all experienced this). And she looks around, no one has her size. Most of
other corpers, she may ask will reply saying, “NOO!!! I no carry orobo size”.
Everyone laughs at her. Again, the
sadness begins.
Every fat lady go through post-traumatic dress disorder. It
is the condition that occurs when a person, usually female, feels disappointed
and traumatized while leaving a
clothing store. It could happen when she views
old photographs and asks herself "What the hell was I wearing???" It
could also be the traumatic
stress she feels between the moment she post a
picture on the
Internet and the moment somebody likes it or responds. Fat
people go through this stress all the time and the society is not being fair at
all. 80% of Heart-related illnesses which fat people suffer are because they
spend most of their years depress
ed, not just about their
size but because of social
prejudicial.
What makes a fat girl traumatized while
shopping?
1.
She finds it difficult to buy good fitting
outfits?
2.
She feels upset when she can’t find cute cloths
in her size.
3.
The fashion industry ignores the fat girls.
4.
Shopping for fat girls is frustrating.
5.
It is difficult to find well-fitted outfits for
fat girls.
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