tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post8938786024167349326..comments2023-10-31T04:16:04.331-05:00Comments on Feed Me!: Self-esteemHarriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09774535311853591028noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-57529397958155386382007-07-16T07:25:00.000-05:002007-07-16T07:25:00.000-05:00But women--and teenage girls--don't set out to whi...But women--and teenage girls--don't set out to whip their bodies into submission. More than 95% of all e.d.s start as diets--and more than 85% of all teenage girls and women diet. So we're not talking about an unusual phenomenon of self-loathing here. We're talking about ordinary, garden-variety body dissatisfaction that for a variety of reasons goes too far.<BR/><BR/>No one sets out to starve themselves into anorexia. It's the unfortunate result of a confluence of biology, genetics, and environment.Harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09774535311853591028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-55616414698326264032007-07-15T23:12:00.000-05:002007-07-15T23:12:00.000-05:00While I agree with the physiological changes wroug...While I agree with the physiological changes wrought by starvation, low self-esteem and anorexia is a bit of a chicken and egg dilemma. It takes a certain degree of hatred for a woman to consciously set out to starve her body and whip it into submission. I think low self-esteem is present at the get-go of an ED, and from there, it only decreases exponentially with weight-loss - ironically enough, considering all the weight-loss = happiness rhetoric we are bombarded with daily.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06442545891223505489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-27413494899755277162007-07-15T00:27:00.000-05:002007-07-15T00:27:00.000-05:00I think Valerie has it backwards: fat prejudice ca...I think Valerie has it backwards: fat prejudice can cause a drop in self-esteem. And losing weight doesn't increase it.<BR/><BR/>Anorexia is biology, but it's triggered by environmental cues. I think I've mentioned this before, but the worst lie by the weight loss industry is that losing weight will make you happy. That's one of the things that added to the start of the AN. That, and wanting to eat "healthier." Then it was pretty damn much over with.Carrie Arnoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02569839838912988783noreply@blogger.com