Size Discrimination
Sociological discussion. Laurie Taylor discusses with his guests, Tanya S Osensky and Lynne Vallone, what it means to be very tall, very big or very short.
Laurie Taylor is joined by Lynne Vallone, Professor of Childhood Studies, to discuss her book, Big and Small, in which she explores the often uncomfortable implications of using physical measures to judge normalcy and perceptions of beauty.
Tanya S Osensky is an attorney who has made it her personal crusade to highlight the discrimination faced by short people in our society and to suggest ways of changing this. In her book, Shortchanged, Tanya reflects on her own experiences of being short as well as addressing 'heightism' in the workplace, in social situations, and beyond. She joins the discussion on the line from Atlanta, Georgia.
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Can your height impact how much you get paid?
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Lynne Vallone, Big & Small Bodies: A Cultural History of Extraordinary Bodies, (Yale University Press, 2018)Â
Tanya S Osensky, Shortchanged – Height Discrimination and Strategies for Social Change (ForeEdge, 2018)
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- Mon 11 Jun 2018 00:1591Èȱ¬ Radio 4
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