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“sweating on purpose is becoming an elite phenomenon…. Where once ‘prosperous’ was a synonym for overweight, being fit (and thin with it) is a marker of status.”57 Or as the sociologist Harvey Molotch remarked, “Leisure once meant utter whiteness and lack of muscle tone. Now you need some affluence to have muscle tone.
The Sum of Small Things: A Theory of the Aspirational Class
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