Posted by Cecilia on August 20, 2007, at 6:44:24
In reply to Fashions in self destruction? Or what?, posted by Declan on April 17, 2007, at 21:13:06
The pay off for bulimia seems obvious to me. Not being fat. Of course it's dangerous and can turn you into a Terry Schiavo, but it's certainly not some new fashion, people were doing it, or trying unsuccessfully to do it, long before there was ever a word for it or an official diagnosis. They just didn't tell anyone about it, like childhood sexual abuse, they thought they were the only one. Maybe Princess Dianna brought it out of the closet. It's certainly the most socially acceptable ED, because it doesn't show, I doubt very much that Dianna would have been so beloved by the public if she were fat. Anorexia is socially acceptable to a degree, to the movie star fashion model degree, not to the concentration camp surviver look alike degree. Being overweight is never socially acceptable, except maybe for Japanese Sumo wrestlers. Which is why people who can't make themselves vomit often pay huge sums of money for surgically induced bulimia (aka gastric bypass surgery), even though it often leads to dangerous and sometimes fatal complications.. Cecilia
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