Grand Unified Theory of Female Pain
Though women more often tend to catastrophize their pain than do men, these same men are less willing to admit to their pain, fearing that it would make them look weak. Women’s higher sensitivity to pain is in accord with their higher sensitivity to all manner of external sensations, painful or not, such as light levels, noise, odor, temperature, e
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Clearly women’s relationships with food are particularly conflicted, and the expectations heaped upon us – by a media saturated with images of idealised bodies, and by a pervasive culture of female guilt around food – only reinforce that confusion. When it comes to food, it’s our gender that sets the standard, and most of the time it is women who p
... See moreRuby Tandoh • Eat Up: Food, Appetite and Eating What You Want
For a child on the path to an eating disorder, on the one hand, eating is often associated with guilt, anxiety, and anger. Not eating, on the other hand, is associated with feelings of accomplishment, power, and strength. Paradoxically,
Daniel Le Grange • Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder
What is the worth of a woman plagued by sadness?
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