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Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating

4 Citations•2016•
C. Coto
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Cultural gender roles have been recognized as significant in the cause and expression of disordered eating in women's perceptions of thinness as the feminine ideal.

Abstract

Cultural gender roles have been recognized as significant in the cause and expression of disordered eating. Social pressures and media impact women's perceptions of thinness as the feminine ideal. Keywords: body politics; femininities; gender; gender socialization