Hi On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Linda Woolf wrote: > The following was reported in the news several years ago. Has anyone > seen the original research? > > Pittsburgh Post-Gazette > June 2, 1999, Wednesday, SOONER EDITION > HEADLINE: ANOREXIA IN PARADISE; > TV TEACHES FIJI WOMEN TO LOATHE THEIR BODIES > > BYLINE: ELLEN GOODMAN > > DATELINE: BOSTON > > First of all, imagine a place women greet each other at the market with > open arms, loving smiles and a cheerful exchange of ritual compliments: > "You look wonderful! You've put on weight!" ... > In short, the sum of Western culture, the big success story of our > entertainment industry, is our ability to export insecurity: We can make > any woman anywhere feel perfectly rotten about her shape. At this rate, > we owe the islanders at least one year of the ample lawyer Camryn > Manheim in "The Practice" for free.
But wouldn't women who did not put on or retain weight have felt insecure in the old system? Changing standards does not equate to "exporting insecurity" but rather to changing what one is insecure about. Nor is concern about weight merely a cosmetic issue, perhaps especially given very high rates of diabetes and other medical conditions among various indigenous populations. Neither comment is meant to justify the excessive promotion of thinness in or out of the media. Best wishes Jim ============================================================================ James M. Clark (204) 786-9757 Department of Psychology (204) 774-4134 Fax University of Winnipeg 4L05D Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 [EMAIL PROTECTED] CANADA http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark ============================================================================ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
