Eating Disorders Among Young Women Summary

Eating Disorders Among Young Women In today’s society, women are expected to become to the world’s ideal definition of beauty and perfection. When women feel that they cannot physically meet this criteria, they turn to other solutions to help them feel better. One solution many young women are exploring is eating disorders. Eating disorders are becoming an increasingly larger problem among the younger female population. Popular culture has a huge tole on the way the younger generation of women see themselves. It controls every aspect of a young woman’s mind. It controls how she thinks, speaks, acts, and behaves. According to popular culture, the ideal definition of beauty is constantly changing. Therefore, the younger generation is more likely to be anorexic or obese due to a longing of acceptance.

This toy is a Barbie. In the article “Eating Disorders”, Richard L. Worsnop explains how Barbie has an affect on young women. “Popular icons like Mattel's Barbie doll are blamed by some for giving young girls unrealistic ideas about the female figure. If Barbie's vital statistics were extrapolated to an actual woman with a 36-inch bust, she would have a minuscule 18-inch waist and 33-inch hips.” (Worsnop). When young women are given this toy to play with while children, it is setting a standard by which they will follow and remember for the rest of their lives. It penetrates into their minds, and sets certain mindsets of the way an average American woman should look like, behave like, and think