I don't accept that it's just cultural.
Ive been much bigger than current, and much less. The public reaction, the job market, certainly anything interpersonal... all are affected.
I never knew clients could set up profiles on RM, until I rejoined this scene 2 weeks ago. I just set up my profile yesterday.
In doing so, in a hurry, on a tablet, I came to the weight info field. I tapped and gave a fast swipe to get to my neighborhood of entries.... and it scrolled past my target, all the way to the end. Max @305.
There was a time in my life that I would have been unable to enter my weight. Imagine how a morbidly obese person would react - one more indicator that society scorns the fat. I'm sure RM meant no offense in the setup, it was probably just a matter of efficiency, not a desire to exclude. I'm not trying to start a conversation regarding inferred social injustice.
My intended point is that I'm skeptical that someone's reaction to fatsos is cultural.... I'm not aware of any ethnic or cultural group that is less chub-discriminatory