The Blame Game
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- The potentially fatal disorders
- Food consumption in the United States
- Eating disorders like Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa
- Women within American culture
- The power of the media
- The most dooming explanation of eating disorders
- The biological explanation of eating disorders
- Conclusion
- Works cited
Abstract
In modern times, and namely in Western culture, identity has become a wholly introverted principle. People strive to define themselves solely as individuals; identity is thought of as exclusively self-contained. American culture, for example, celebrates above all else the "individual;" he (or she) who stands out from the masses is reputed. It is within this celebration of "original identity," however, where one of American culture's deepest ironies lies. While on the surface a person's autonomy may seem salient, if he or she does not conform to certain pre-disposed social constraints, he or she may be in danger of being viewed by others (and by him/herself) as "valueless." Nowhere is this more prevalent than in the eating disorders of Americans. Disorders such as Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa affect millions, and kill thousands of Americans every year; yet they are kept in the shadows of the culture's collective consciousness.
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