Anorexia Quote by Susan Bordo

“Culture alone cannot explain the phenomena of such high rates of eating disorders. Eating disorders are complex, but what they all seem to have…

— Karen A. Duncan

Women with body image or eating disorders are not a special category; [they’re] just more extreme in their response to a culture that emphasizes…

— Gloria Steinem

Our society's strong emphasis on dieting and self-image can sometimes lead to eating disorders. We know that more than 5 million Americans suffer from…

— Tipper Gore

Male domination, and the low and stigmatised status of women, cause teenage girls to engage in punishment of their bodies through eating disorders and…

— Sheila Jeffreys

The problem is that we as a society simply accept these unrealistic standards: that you have to be thin to be perfect, to be…

— Crystal Renn

Too many young girls have eating disorders due to low self-esteem and distorted body image. I think it's so important for girls to love…

— Ariana Grande

Eating disorders are like a gun that's formed by genetics, loaded by a culture and family ideals, and triggered by unbearable distress.

— Aimee Liu

Girls developed eating disorders when our culture developed a standard of beauty that they couldn't obtain by being healthy. When unnatural thinness became attractive,…

— Anonymous

“Eating disorders are prevalent among women who were sexually abused as children. They seem to have components of other symptoms such as obsessions, compulsions,…

— Karen A. Duncan

As a culture women are brought up to be fundamentally insecure

— Lisa Ling

A culture fixated on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty, but an obsession about female obedience. Dieting is the most potent…

— Naomi Wolf

“Our culture is obsessed with perfection, especially when it comes to the way women look. The parameters of acceptability as far as physical appearance…

— Yancy Lael