home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!opl.com!hri.com!spool.mu.edu!yale.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!gatech!news.ans.net!cmcl2!panix!pw
- From: mwasson@nyx.cs.du.edu (mike wasson)
- Newsgroups: soc.feminism
- Subject: soc.fem
- Message-ID: <Pine.3.05.9301271331.A4831-b100000@nyx>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 20:52:13 GMT
- Sender: pw@panix.com (Paul Wallich)
- Organization: Trivializers R Us
- Lines: 33
- Approved: pw@panix.com
-
- [oops -- attribution lost]
- [Moderator's note: and excessive included text trimmed -- pw]
- >Continuing with further summary and comments about
- >the book "Women's Realities" by Anne Wilson Schaef,
-
- >Women are in an inferior position in the WMS (a system of *thought*)
- >The feelings of inferiority, or inferior position lead to anger and
- >rage which is dealt with in some combination of the following ways:
-
- >-become chemically dependent, or overweight (passive anger w/self-destruction)
- ^^^^^^^^^^
- Let's not forget the converse of this, continual heavy dieting (with
- anorexia nervosa at the extreme of the spectrum) when no real
- weight problem exists. In my experience, women who don't fit the
- "supermodel" look are *very* prone to feel "fat" (where"fat" ==
- "inadequate").
-
- Any number of friends have decided to let themselves settle into
- a stable, natural weight level, and have spoken of how
- liberating that was, and how it was the beginning of a process
- of accepting their own body rathe than the media ideal.
-
- ...mike
-
-
-
-
-
- --
- Post articles to soc.feminism, or send email to feminism@ncar.ucar.edu.
- Questions and comments should be sent to feminism-request@ncar.ucar.edu. This
- news group is moderated by several people, so please use the mail aliases. Your
- article should be posted within several days. Rejections notified by email.
-