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Most women in our culture, then, are disordered when it comes to issues of self-worth, self-entitlement, self-nourishment, and comfort with their own bodies; eating disorders, far from being 'bizarre' and anomalous, are utterly continuous with a dominant element of the experience of being female in this culture.

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Looking to biology to explain the low prevalence of eating disorders among men is like looking to genetics to explain why nonsmokers do not get lung cancer as often as smokers.

Susan Bordo

Susan Bordo

Susan Bordo

Born: January 24, 1947 (age 78)

Bio: Susan Bordo is a modern feminist philosopher known for her contributions to the field of contemporary cultural studies, particularly in the area of “body studies.”

Known for:

Unbearable weight (1993)
The Male Body (1957)
The flight to objectivity (1987)
Twilight zones (1997)

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