1. Female Self-Image
In reaction to this pressure, women are reacting with obsessive behavior in their attempts to measure up by controlling their eating habits in an unhealthy way. ... "Going thin is no longer a social disease, but the perceived requirement for getting a job, nice clothes, and fancy cars"(Goodman 402). ... Sufferers of anorexia nervosa and bulimia often suffers from mind/body dualism in which the mind neglects and tries to take control of the body by telling the body it does not require further food intake, so as to stay "slim" and "thin" and be socially acceptable (http://zine.dal.net/editori...
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