Can you imagine actually seeing what some of these women REALLY look like? I've seen models at Fashion Week in Paris and I'm sorry, but in IMHO they are AWFUL. Skinny far past the point of starvation, angular boyish faces, no breasts, no butt, nothing that identifies them as a woman (which is most likely the fault of starving themselves so they can wear these ridiculous outfits).
NM, I think adults who see celebrities as role models have serious problems, but young girls don't know the difference. They see these women on magazines, they watch them on TV, they listen to men talk about them (and mothers) and they want to emulate them. Combine that with a predisposition for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and you get Anorexia nervosa or, on the other end of the spectrum, compulsive eating.
Can you imagine actually seeing what some of these women REALLY look like? I've seen models at Fashion Week in Paris and I'm sorry, but in IMHO they are AWFUL. Skinny far past the point of starvation, angular boyish faces, no breasts, no butt, nothing that identifies them as a woman (which is most likely the fault of starving themselves so they can wear these ridiculous outfits).
NM, I think adults who see celebrities as role models have serious problems, but young girls don't know the difference. They see these women on magazines, they watch them on TV, they listen to men talk about them (and mothers) and they want to emulate them. Combine that with a predisposition for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and you get Anorexia nervosa or, on the other end of the spectrum, compulsive eating.