Starving in silence: food refusal as social protest in Western culture
Citation
Yoder, Traci (2002). Starving in silence: food refusal as social protest in Western culture. -- Lambda Alpha Journal, v.32, p.44-65
Abstract
Focus of this paper is anorexia nervosa. Anorexics follow a pattern of food refusal so rigid that it
can lead to death if untreated. Ninety percent of people diagnosed with anorexia
are women. Author believes that this condition is a way of communicating deeper lying
problems for women in Western culture. This hypothesis is supported by the
increasing evidence that the occurrences of eating disorders in women rise as
images and values of Western culture are spread throughout the globe, even in
cultures that were previously immune to fear of obesity.