| Those 'pro-ana' movements are pretty much the peak of what the media communicate as The Beauty Ideal to many females these days. 'Fat makes you ugly. The less fat on your body the better.' Add the supermodels to that. many of those are borderline anorexic, and in the case of fashion shows, a good amount acutally are. Yeah. Perfect role models there. Especially young girls are probably influenced by that, and once they go down the anorexia spiral, the pro-ana movements make things worse; They tell the girls that they are beautiful, that they need to continue, and completely disregard that they're slowly turning themselves into walking skeletons. It's utterly and completely dangerous, and quite frankly like advocating somebody to keep and enforce a mental illness they have.
Not only is a certain amount of body fat healthy, it's critical for the wellbeing. If you have no gram of fat on the outside, fat on the inside will start getting removed. That's the fat that lies around your organs and protects them from injuries. Guess what happens if that is gone.
All in all, it's just sad and retarded, and I can only add what's been stated already. 'Fuck pro-ana'. |