eating disorders

Modesty taught me that my first priority needed to be making sure I wasn’t a “stumbling block” to men. Not being sexually attractive was the most important thing I had to consider when buying clothes, putting them on, maintaining my weight (can’t have things getting tight!), and moving around (can’t wiggle those hips, or let a little knee show). Modesty taught me that what I looked like was what mattered most of all. Not what I thought. Not how I felt. Not what I was capable of doing. Worrying about modesty, and being vigilantnotto be sexy, made me even more obsessed with my looks than the women in short shorts and spray tans I was taught to hate

 

 Mitt Romney moves to the right on reproductive rights. New research indicates we may be over-testing for prostate cancer. And is Hollywood making the problem of eating disorders worse?

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 Mitt Romney moves to the right on reproductive rights. New research indicates we may be over-testing for prostate cancer. And is Hollywood making the problem of eating disorders worse?

Follow Amanda Marcotte on Twitter, @amandamarcotte