What "thrifty genes" means

It means some genes encourage thriftiness

https://www.agein.com/women-face-intense-weight-discrimination-in-the-workplace-researchers-find-10676

Especially if

https://moneyish.com/ish/only-15-of-hiring-managers-would-consider-hiring-an-overweight-woman/

You are

https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/why-people-become-overweight

A woman.


I had a dream that someone who was attached to a group of hostile people told me that when I speak of how society discriminates against women it hurts her, and she didn't want to hear about it, especially regarding matters of weight.
Then the dream ended.

We still live in a society that holds women to different standards than men. For example, many women are taught they they are supposed to look a certain way and cater to men and take care of them emotionally. Even slightly overweight women are penalized because of the discriminatory attitudes.

I wanted to say to the girl in the dream that the people you are with mistreat women, but you don't want to admit it. So you put up with their rudeness and with their prejudice, and instead of asking them to change, you blame the messenger for pointing out the biases of people you depend on. You can choose to stay in that group and be treated as less than, but I would encourage you to find a more trustworthy group of people.