tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27277534.post8110134194282095956..comments2023-10-24T03:48:17.089-04:00Comments on Does Every Woman Have an Eating Disorder?: Look Alive, Men!drstaceynyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11698974154886393241noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27277534.post-1797846131913985272010-06-24T10:41:36.206-04:002010-06-24T10:41:36.206-04:00My 14 year old son is just finishing up nearly a y...My 14 year old son is just finishing up nearly a year of treatment for anorexia nervosa at Stanford University. They literally saved his life. But his pathway to anorexia was this super-fit ideal that is out there. It obviously doesn't grab every man/boy, but it does have its victims.Carolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13361293553525222340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27277534.post-50483898874463997182010-06-03T10:16:05.347-04:002010-06-03T10:16:05.347-04:00Jeeze, why? Is a 27 inch waist for guys even desir...Jeeze, why? Is a 27 inch waist for guys even desirable? Maybe, but since a lot of women even strive for that waist it seems unnatural for a man to have it. But then I'm only well versed in "ideal" female measurements.<br /><br />It does seem like men are getting more pressure, but it would have different nuances than women's issues, especially as Charles pointed out there is such a stigma and taboo around males and body image/ ED problems...after all it's just a teenage girls problem right (I'm being sarcastic).H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10147392490875250118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27277534.post-10409873119357246712010-05-18T20:15:47.345-04:002010-05-18T20:15:47.345-04:00I think the biggest challenge is that male eating ...I think the biggest challenge is that male eating disorders are under-reported... it's such a social taboo. I was closeted, so to speak, in regards to my eating disorder for a long time. In a life where everything else about me, right wrong or indifferent, was common knowledge to my confidants, my bulimia remained my secret.Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03782114258501725237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27277534.post-36885278606797798182010-05-18T19:17:02.836-04:002010-05-18T19:17:02.836-04:00In a word, yes. I TOTALLY see that! The rise in ...In a word, yes. I TOTALLY see that! The rise in plastic surgery for men shows us that men are certainly not immune to the pressure.<br /><br />I wish it would stop!azusmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08833120044345423052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27277534.post-82734350858268220772010-05-18T16:28:30.769-04:002010-05-18T16:28:30.769-04:00I'm a man.
I am bulimic.
I hate the way I lo...I'm a man.<br /><br />I am bulimic.<br /><br />I hate the way I look.<br /><br />So, yes.Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03782114258501725237noreply@blogger.com