A Cairns (Queensland) woman claims she was discriminated against by Jetstar for being overweight.According to several newspapers, the woman, an IT worker who weighs 160kg, claims she was forced to pay for a second seat for herself 'for other peoples comfort' when she flew from Cairns to Coolangatta yesterday.
On the basis that discrimination means behavior that treats people unequally, the woman's notion that she has been discriminated against is completely misguided.
According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the average weight for an adult female in the US is 162.9 pounds (or 76.95kg).
The 160kg woman is more than twice the size and weight of the average adult female and could not under any circumstances be expected to be treated equally.
She herself expects preferential treatment because of her size. If she did not expect preferential treatment she would be satisfied to purchase one seat and attempt to squeeze her over-sized body into it for the joy-ride.
In this instance the Northern Belle's choice to allow herself to become so grossly overweight (that she becomes equal in size to a Northern Fur Seal which weighs 160kg) is just one of the many costs of being out of whack with nature.
We'll have more on that later!
EDITORS NOTE: In the event that such a person became ill, it would take a champion power lifter to move her to safety.
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