This article disgusts me. It makes me really angry and almost makes me tear my hair off my head. In the article Thuthmosis tell us that eating disorders is not only ok but also sexualizes it and paints it out like a benefit. How could an illness that makes thousands of girls feel miserable and worthless ever be positive?
In my opinion it can never be. But this does Thuthmosis obviously don’t understand. I think it’s upsetting that Thuthmosis think that it is his right to discuss whether a girl with eating disorders is better to date or not. It is objectifying and oppressing since as usual the women doesn’t have a say in it at all and are supposed to passively wait and be chosen by the man.
Thuthmosis also mention “fragile and vulnerable” as a desirable quality among woman which reinforces the stereotypes of a woman being weak and someone who needs to be taken care of.
Another obnoxious thing is that Thuthmosis writes about is how ”the list doesn’t apply to emotional eaters, food addicts, and fatties with no self-control” which shows that all that he actually cares about is the girl being skinny or not. It also creates a feeling of guilt for those who don’t fit in his categories of what a “positive” eating disorder is.
Also I think it’s sickening that he chooses not to concentrate on the girl with an illness’s wellbeing but how men could benefit from it.
Finally I just wanted to say that the thing is that Thuthmosis or any other man shouldn’t be telling a girl about how she should be since everyone should be able to be themselves. Everyone should be able to be weak, strong, angry, pleasant, nervous or stable. You should also be able to perform poorly and be worth exactly the same as everybody else because your human value is constant no matter what.
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