Reply #12: Our culture values thin women.

[LWolf]

We're supposed to "like" our protagonists.

Therefore, our protagonists respond to stress in a way to keep them thin and "likeable."

I wonder, if a study were done, what most women would do under stress...eat more, or eat less?

Personally, in times of horrific loss and grief, I've eaten little.

Outside of that, every other stress makes me want to eat more.