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Ms Waldman failed to touch on the main reason anorexia is becoming more prevalent in all parts of society. Like footbinding and lead-based facepowder being pathetically scrawny signifies that a woman is not only so wealthy she can avoid physical labour, but that she is willing to undergo a great deal of personal discomfort to conform to another's wishes. All this makes her good wife or girlfriend material for the self-obsessed robber barons who sit at the top of the social pyramid. As long as we live in a society where the elite find fluffy females desireable, women will emulate these traits in the hopes of moving up. Dangerous beauty practices don't go away because women get together and decide to love their bodies. They disappear because average joes and janes come to find the class differences they signify intolerable. Making half-hearted comments on beauty coming in all sizes while secretly hating your belly won't change a thing. Fighting to make America a true meritocracy will.
