ideal woman should be or look like. The essay entitled Fat is a Feminist Issue by author and therapist Susie Orbach; touches on an issue that many women have problems dealing with today that can be linked to a direct effect from society. Hence obesity and overeating‚ which is believed to be a social disease‚ according to Orbach. She believes that being overweight was indeed a feminist issue. Orbach states that “Fat is not about lack of self- control or lack of willpower. Fat is about protection‚ sex
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Tatiana Bigelow Engl1010-062 26 February 2013 Response paper Fat Is a Feminine Issue by Susie Orback Susie Orbach is a feminist involved in a organization "that companies body diversity" and has published several books on woman`s health and wellbeing. She believes that compulsive eating is a way to rebel against expectations of a sexist. In the United States it is estimated that 50% of women are overweight. According to Orback‚ everywhere we look there are commercials‚ billboards
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of their own worth. Obviously we (me being a woman) reflect too much of self-esteem off of the desires of the average male. Using both passages “Only Two Percent of Women Describe themselves as Beautiful” by Dove‚ StrategyOne‚ Nancy Etcoff‚ and Susie Orbach and “Decoding Victoria’s Secret: The Marketing of Sexual Beauty and Ambivalence” by Marie D. Smith to bring women’s issues with themselves to light allows one to reflect on their own self worth. The titles of these passages speak loud enough to
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Grant‚ I Fischbacher‚ C Whyte‚ B. (2007). Obesity in Scotland: an epidemiology briefing. Available: http://www.scotpho.org.uk/publications/reports-and-papers/495-obesity-in-scotland-an-epidemiology-briefing-. Last accessed 13th March 2012. Susan Orbach. (1978). Fat is a Feminist lssue. Available: http://www.nedic.ca/resources/books.shtml. Last accessed 13th of March 2012
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http://www.salford.gov.uk/forcedmarriages.htm. Last accessed 05/12/2012. * Stephen R. Patnode. (Sep 2012). ’Keep it Under Your Hat ’: Safety Campaigns and Fashion in the World War II Factory. . Journal of American Culture ’. 35 (3)‚ p231-243.1886 * Susie Orbach. (2011). Losing Bodies. Social Research: An International Quarterly. 78 (2)‚ 387 - 394. R.W. Connell. (1998). Men and Masculinities. Masculinities and Globalization. 1 (1)‚ 3-23. Word Count: 1964
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Cited: Balko‚ Radley “What You Eat is Your Business.” They Say I Say Ed. New York: W. W. Norton & Company‚ 2009 Engler‚ Yves. “Obesity: Much of the Responsibility Lies.” They Say I Say Ed. New York: W. W. Norton & Company‚ 2009 Orbach‚ Susie. “Fat as a Feminist Issue.” They Say I Say Ed. New York: W. W. Norton & Norton Company‚ 2009 200-205 Schlosser‚ Eric. “Your Trusted Friends.” They Say I Say Ed. New York: W. W. Norton & Company‚ 2009 Zinczenko‚ David. “Don’t Blame
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to their personal beauty and well-being. The study was done in partnership with StrategyOne and in collaboration with Nancy Etcoff (Etcoff) and the Massachusetts General Hospital /Harvard University Program in Aesthetics and Well Being‚ and Susie Orbach (Orbach) of the London School of Economics. The study surveyed around 3‚200 women from 10 countries (Argentina‚ Brazil‚ Canada‚ France‚ Italy‚ Japan‚ Netherlands‚ Portugal‚ the UK‚ and the US)‚ in the age group of 18 to 64... Marketing Management
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have eating disorder like compulsive overeating. Compulsive overeating is an addiction to food in big quantities. People suffering compulsive overeating used to eat to hide their emotions‚ to avoid what they feel inside or their life problems. As Susie Orbach said in her essay‚ Fat as a Feminist Issue‚ “Women suffering from the problem of compulsive eating endure double anguish: feeling out of step with the rest of society‚ and believing that it is all their own fault….(201)” Overweight people
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Is Fast Food the New Tobacco: Six Summaries of Some Related Literature In David Zinczenko’s article “Don’t Blame the Eater‚” first published on November 23‚ 2002 in the New York Times: Zinczenko argues that children have no other affordable choice to fast food which leads to health problems and health cost. Specifically‚ Zinczenko came from a split home‚ dad went his way and mom worked long hours‚ lunch and diner was a choice of numerous fast food restaurants where the affordable
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In the article Objectification Theory: Toward Understanding Women’s Lived Experiences and Mental Health Risks (Fredrickson and Roberts‚ 1997)‚ the notion they call ‘sexual objectification’ theory is evaluated‚ measuring the impact sexual objectification has on women within society. The heteronormativity of our society means it is seen as “the socially sanction right of all males to sexualize all females‚ regardless of age or status” (Horney cited in Fredrickson and Roberts‚ 1997). To them sexual
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