After DNC speech, Stephanie Grisham hits back at weight-shaming comment: 'I've hit menopause'
A previous USA Today quote by Dr. Elizabeth Wassenaar is making the rounds again -- this time in a story just released about weight-shaming comments Stephanie Grisham, former Trump White House press secretary, received after appearing at the Democratic National Convention yesterday (8/20). The article includes a quote from Dr. Wassenaar which highlights how making comments about one's body shape or appearance is unacceptable and harmful.
Dr. Elizabeth Wassenaar, regional medical director at the Eating Recovery Center, explained that commenting on someone's weight reinforces the belief that someone's appearance is the most important thing about them.
"These comments about how your body is acceptable or unacceptable, it reinforces again that you are not worth more than your body... and that you have to present yourself a certain way for the world to find you acceptable," she previously told USA TODAY. "It just reinforces that sort of superficial, body-focused idea that we know is so painful and harmful for every single one of us because we are so much more than this vessel that carries us."
