Title: The obsession
First published: 1981
Description: The Obsession is a deeply committed and beautifully written analysis of our society's increasing demand that women be thin. It offers a careful, thought provoking discussion of the reasons men have encouraged this obsession and women have embraced it. It is a book about women's efforts to become thin rather than to accept the natural dimensions of their bodies—a book about the meaning of food and its rejection.
Subjects: Body image, Nonfiction, Psychological aspects, Psychological aspects of Reducing, Psychological aspects of Weight loss, Psychology, Reducing, Social aspects, Social aspects of Reducing, Social aspects of Weight loss, Sociology, Weight loss, Women, Slankheid, Reducing Diet, Vrouwen, Prevention & control, Obesity, Popular Works, Perte de poids, Aspect social, Aspect psychologique, Women, psychology