Can the OO approach apply to anorexia and bulemia?
Women with anorexia and bulemia have issues with food and body acceptance. We need to move beyond the narrow conception of “overeating” and understand that the core issue is acceptance of women’s bodies in all our glorious variety. Fear of overeating, fear of fat (issues for women with either of these conditions) are certainly within the scope of The Women’s Campaign to End Body Hatred and Dieting. The following excerpt was taken from “The Long and Winding Road” by Carol Munter and Jane Hirschmann (June 1995 Newsletter):As the discussion at the Denver speakout proceeded, a woman jumped up and said she had to speak. She told us that she’d been severely anorectic for many years and that not long ago, her husband had had a serious talk with her about how she needed to make a decision about living or dying. She made her decision. She went to the store and bought many, many boxes of Hostess Twinkies.
Women with anorexia and bulemia have issues with food and body acceptance. We need to move beyond the narrow conception of “overeating” and understand that the core issue is acceptance of women’s bodies in all our glorious variety. Fear of overeating, fear of fat (issues for women with either of these conditions) are certainly within the scope of The Women’s Campaign to End Body Hatred and Dieting. The following excerpt was taken from “The Long and Winding Road” by Carol Munter and Jane Hirschmann (June 1995 Newsletter): As the discussion at the Denver speakout proceeded, a woman jumped up and said she had to speak. She told us that she’d been severely anorectic for many years and that not long ago, her husband had had a serious talk with her about how she needed to make a decision about living or dying. She made her decision. She went to the store and bought many, many boxes of Hostess Twinkies. She stocked the house, stocked the office; she ate as many as she pleased and offered them
