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In reply to the discussion: 2014 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Revealed. [View all]cui bono
(19,926 posts)I'm saying that the media objectifying women leads to it and exacerbates it.
Yes, the fashion industry is a big cause of this too. Where did I say it wasn't? All media directed at making women look perfect is the culprit. The pressure on girls and young women look perfect is immense. It doesn't matter that some say the swimsuit models are healthy looking, the point is it sets up the model of perfection in girls' eyes and it doesn't change the fact that this post is about objectifying women.
Look at the picture of the young woman looking in the mirror. When overtaken by eating disorders most lose perspective on how they look, they think they are still too fat even when they are skeletal. It's not necessarily that they have seen skeletal women in magazines, they have seen women that are bigger than they now are, but the have a disease at that point. They can no longer stop their behavior. It's not like they set the goal of a weight, achieve it and then go back to normal eating habits. They have a psychological problem that doesn't allow them to do that. 20% end up dead.
Sure you will find some people who will defend some of this stuff. You will find some defending a lot of things that aren't the right thing to do. Happens all the time.
So yes, I agree with you about the fashion industry. But that's only one part of it. This OP is another. And imo it doesn't belong on DU as all it's about is ogling women. There are other places to do that. DU is supposed to be a progressive board. Publicly ogling women in a sexual manner is not progressive behavior.