Loss of her family's love or society's acceptance. Everyone in her world tells her in many ways that they only love her when she looks the way they want her to look. As with the battered woman, the fat woman is told and shown, that if she quits dieting she will be killed. She is killed by either loss of job, loss of love, loss of quality life, and sometimes all three. This is hatred and violence against women.
Many women commit suicide because of a hated body image.
What is different is we support the battered woman in her fight to get free and to live a life without her batterer. We support the rape victim and show her over and over that she is worth our time and comfort. We support the incest victim and work with and for them to recover and grow with the least amount of damage. We support them in their new ventures and work hard to increase their positive body image or their sense of worth. We treat them medically and spiritually, they are human beings who are worth our time and efforts.