In Orbach’s essay, she says that women who are obese should not be looked down on as if they have no morals, but should be seen, as women taking a stand of independence against the way the world thinks American women need to look. In the beginning of her essay she sets the bases of her argument about women’s obesity in the United States, aiming her awareness mainly to other women. She talks about the obesity problem with American women, the emotional results of compulsive eating, and talks about the main views on the causes of obesity. Once she established the bases of her argument she goes on to say that the way a feminist might explain women’s obesity is by claiming that being fat is a sign of independence. Although she contradicts herself