Feminist Approach to Behavioral Therapy for Adolescent Females with Eating Disorders S. Devon Walsh Loyola University New Orleans Abstract The present article reviews contemporary literature on the related factors and interventions for adolescent girls with eating disorders. The incidence of eating disorders continues to rise amongst adolescent girls yet an effective intervention still fails to exist. Contemporary research links the sociocultural‚ biological‚ and physiological factors that put
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Small Place”. The author is Jamaica Kincaid and she grew up in Antigua. Kincaid states in her essay “The Ugly Tourist” that “a tourist is an ugly human being”. These are strong words. You can sense the anger in her essay. She defines both what it is to be a tourist as well as to live in the gaze of tourists. The title introduces a key word used multiple times throughout her essay: ugly. The connotation of ugly speaks to ugliness of body‚ as well as spirit‚ and Kincaid intends both. “An ugly thing
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13 September 2012 Fat Is A Feminist Issue Overeating & Obesity Obesity and overeating is a topic that is ongoing within the United States‚ and in many lives of woman today. Fifty percent of woman that live in this country alone are estimated to be overweight. Individuals of our society are always looking for new diets‚ dietary plans‚ supplements‚ and or advice. Every woman would love to be considered physically fit‚ and beautiful in the eyes of others‚ but this within itself is a challenge. Everyone
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From a sociological mind‚ there are four main perspective that the people of society fall into. There are the functionalist‚ who thrive to see the productivity of everything‚ the conflict theorist who believe the system is always against them and there will always be a hierarchy‚ the feminist who believe in the patriarchy‚ and the interactionist who think our communication is the thing that holds us all together. These four perspectives have very different believes when it comes to one of the most
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entire argument is based on a gross mischaracterization of what the feminist movement’s goals and strategies are‚ and on top of that‚ there are numerous logical missteps throughout your argument. I hope in this letter to address these mischaracterizations of the feminist movement and to refute some truths you asserted that I believe are not as universal as you claim. First‚ let us address the mischaracterization of the feminist movement. The base of your argument relies on what you claim are the
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their needs and wants immediately. B. Implement corrective actions on eight of the negative comments. It was posted on the site Tripadvisor.com five of five stars reviewed on August 28‚ 2013‚ that a recent guest at Pegasus hotel in Kingston Jamaica commented that the stay at this facility was not a good one as the receptionists at the front desk were clueless whenever the asked questions. I would suggest that the front office manager (who is a person who supervises all the activities that takes
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Intersectionality as a concept was introduced to feminist theory in order to deal with the various forms of interrelated classes such as disability‚ race/ethnicity‚ religion‚ gender and social class (Shaw‚ Chan and McMahon‚ 2012:83). Furthermore‚ intersectionality was defined by Kimberle Crenshaw (1999) in trying to understand the various oppressions of race/ethnicity‚ gender and social class as experienced by African women. Wendell (1996:70) is of the opinion that living with a disability is not
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Why do these hurtful stereotypes have to dictate the way we live our lives? Shouldn’t we all just act more like feminists and not advocate for gender roles? Unfortunately‚ many people would say no. They wouldn’t become a feminist because feminism itself has many stereotypes associated with it that would deter people from supporting it. In her book‚ Adichie said‚ “...That word feminist is so heavy with baggage‚ negative baggage: you hate men‚ you hate bras‚ you hate African culture‚ you think women
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some have black‚ some are small‚ and some are large. I love all sorts of beaches. Each beach I have visited has been a memorable experience‚ but one in particular stands out in my mind. During my junior year I went on vacation to a resort in Jamaica with a extraordinary beach. It was a large beach with white sand and remarkable palm trees. There was also a long row of enormous rocks that extended far out into the Caribbean Sea. I found that those rocks made a great place to walk out on to
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Intersectionality is a feminist framework that strives to illuminate the relevance of social location in relation with practices of discrimination and inequality. Basu states the roots of intersectionality originate from the issues of non-inclusive feminism—the beginning of women’s rights in the Western world only included white‚ middle class women while continuing to oppress these marginalized groups (Basu‚ 1995). Through systems of discrimination such as racism and colonialism‚ certain people face
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