ANSWERS TO THE QUESTION OF BIAS

1. Does our society have a fat bias?
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• Just look at advertising - skinny, beautiful, and young
• Listen to jokes made about fat people
• Read the nursery rhyme about Fat and Skinny.

Experience: During a fat period I would dance with acquaintances husbands. We had a lot of laughs - no problems. But as soon as I lost the weight the wives took umbrage at my dancing with their husbands. As a fattie I was no threat.

2. Are fat women at a disadvantage when interviewing for a job?
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A recent news program demonstrated the fact that some companies were very biased against hiring fat women.

3. Are fat people left out of conversations and activities?
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A television demonstration took twins and made one look fat. The fat sister was ignored while her thinner counterpart was engaged in numerous interactions.

Experience: I was sitting with a skinny friend when a man came up to us. He put his hand on the back of both our chairs but turned his body to face my friend. He asked about getting together for dinner, which included me, but when she said she would be busy he got up and walked away. He purposely ignored me so that I couldn’t accept.

4. If a fat woman is stranded will a man stop to help her?
ot usually

According to a recent television demonstration - no. Most men try to ignore the fat woman while rushing to the aid of a skinny woman

5. Are fat women less likely to find romance?
Yes">es

• Personal ads - 75% actually mention weight as an issue
• American men in general what a thin - a 㥶” on their arm.

Experience: When I was younger and skinnier, I dated constantly. But during my fat years I didn't date. Of course I didn’t go out looking for dates...so there are 2 sides to this issue. There are men out there who like large women.

6. Why did I decide to write a line of romance novels?

I was tired of reading about skinny people who found love. Fat people want love too.

There are millions of large sized men and women and they should be able to read romance stories that involve large sized people.

7. Do women use romance novels as a surrogate romance in their lives?
es

There are thousands of romance novels out there and millions of readers (most of whom are women).

8. Is the fat person represented in the romance industry?
O - until now

Rubenesque Romances was started to fill this gap in the industry.

9. How can these Rubenesque books help fat men and women?

• First: the Rubenesque line of books touches on issues that all fat women and men face every day.
• Second: these stories let the queen sized woman (and king sized man) fullfill the fantasy of being loved AS THEY ARE. After all there is a beautiful person inside that fat body.

10. How can Rubenesque Romances help dispel fat bias?

• Awareness in the key to change. Rubenesque Romances can help make our skinny oriented society see that the person is important—not the body size.
• Awareness that large people want what thin people take for granted, such as romance and love.
• And hopefully as fat bias is lessened more men, who do like large women, will come out of the closet.

11.How can people buy Rubenesque Romances?Order Form

Rubenesque Romances
P.O. Box 69162
Hampton, VA 23669
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