Anorexia is narcissism, says Joan Bakewell
I
have just read an article which made me see red. The woman believes that
anorexia is an outcome of having too much choice, too much time and being overindulgent.
She cites situations in Syria and in Britain during the war as examples of
times and places when and where people
don’t have this problem. As far as she is concerned, when there is a lack of
food, you don’t suffer from anorexia. What is more, she believes that in the
olden days people had different problems rather than preoccupation with body
image and shape. She blames social media among others.
To
my mind, Ms Bakewell just doesn’t get the problem. First of all, she bases her
point of view on tell-tale and not on serious research. No results are known as
far as the number of people suffering from anorexia during the war and “we have
never heard about it” is no proof that it didn’t exist. Also she doesn’t seem
to understand the reason of the problem. I think it’s lack of acceptance and a
need for control when you don’t have any rather than boredom and shallow need
for looking nice. She is a flagship example of stereotypical thinking,
indifference and the lack of need to understand.
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