Sociologists like Bordo (1993) have attributed the epidemic of anorexia in Western cultures to_____________?
Correct answer: D. the new ideal of independent self-assured femininity combined with cultural values of achievement and control
- A. a generally ascetic frugal lifestyle that can be taken to extremes
- B. traditional images of women as emotional domesticated and unassertive
- C. the social construction of mental illness through which normal patterns of behaviour are pathologized
- D. the new ideal of independent self-assured femininity combined with cultural values of achievement and control
Explanation
Susan Bordo connected anorexia to a cultural ideal of controlled, independent femininity combined with strong demands for achievement and self-discipline. This explanation goes beyond older images of women as merely passive or domesticated.
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