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    'Take it as a compliment.' The conversations around sexual misconduct and fat bodies

    by Jessi Roti, Chicago Tribune May 10, 2018 3 minutes

    Those of us beyond a certain size have all heard at one point or another: "You're pretty, for a fat girl."

    Unfortunately, a 17-year-old heard it from the judge presiding over a trial last year in Montreal in which a 49-year-old taxi driver was found guilty of sexually assaulting her.

    "It can be said that she is a little overweight, but she has a pretty face, huh?" said Judge Jean-Paul Braun.

    The judge continued, suggesting that the teen was "flattered" because it could've been the first time a man expressed interest in her.

    Cue heavy sighs

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