Reactions to Society's Ideas on Acceptable Weight Her view is that society's idea of obese falls greatly short of what obese actually is, in terms of the accommodations needed.
The author contends that there should be provision made for every size of person even those who are excessively obese, despite the many efforts made to accommodate obese members of the community, this still seems to be an area of dissatisfaction for the author. There is obesity, morbid obesity - more of a medical diagnosis than a visual or size related one - and super morbidly obese. There are many clothing companies that cater to the obese or plus-size customer, and there are many ways in which obese people are accommodated physically by different agencies, but the author's feeling that not enough effort is made to accommodate someone of her size is part of the book's theme of there being many different degrees of obesity. The sexual abuse became not only the theme of her life and her weight but also of the memoir.
It was also a form of protection Gay decided that she was going to keep eating until she was fat enough to repel any man who might be interested in her, thereby protecting her from further unwanted attention. Food was a comfort because it was always there, a reliable presence and also from a physiological standpoint, a sudden rush of sugar that made her feel immediately better, but then led to a slump in mood later in the day, causing the circle to begin again. She was not able to find the help that she needed to deal with what had happened to her and so turned to food as both comfort and protector.
Gay was always an overweight child, but found that her weight really got out of control after she was sexually abused. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own.
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