RomanticViolence - 5-15-2007 at 09:57 AM
I recently found out that my cousin (she?s 16) has an eating disorder. Her height is 5?8 and she weighed 87 pounds. They had to put her in a hospital.
Her mom showed me a list of these websites they found in her computer.
Most of these sites have disclaimers saying that they?re support group sites to help people who have eating disorders.
These sites have sections (tips and tricks) that tell girls (and guys) how to hide their eating disorders from their friends and family and how to
?Purge safely? ect...
Some of these sites do go into the dangers of anorexia & bulimia though.
I don't know what to say. I can't blame webites anymore than i can blame television. I'm so glad i never went through anything like this.
I like to think that I?m raising my kids with a good home life and teaching them how to have confidence in themselves.
This kind of thing scares me?
That is all.
upyerbum - 5-15-2007 at 11:01 AM
I think they should start holding the service providers responsible for what's on these sites. If a full page white power ad was run in any major
paper, I'm reasonably certain the paper would hold some sort of accountability, so why not on the internet?
Discipline - 5-15-2007 at 12:20 PM
These websites were the subject of an episode of Boston Legal this season. I was shocked that these sites are allowed to exist. Fucking disgusting.
JawnDiablo - 5-15-2007 at 02:02 PM
pretty fucked up.
BDx13 - 5-15-2007 at 06:37 PM
check your email.
CR83 - 5-16-2007 at 02:28 AM
This may be totally off base. Romantic, I totally feel for you and if you need a friend, count me in. I was listening to an AM radio talk show and
they couldn't understand why people were either overweight or had eating disorders. I tried calling in and I got through. I talked to the screener
and they asked me what my stance was. I told them that I think our society wants the extremes and that people need to leverage their own networks of
friends and family. Use those influences to take control and help themselves. They in turn told me that it wasn't good enough to put on air. i
proceeded to tell them to fuck off.
Bottom line, I hope your cousin gets help and helps others learn from all of this.
DaveMoral - 5-24-2007 at 09:03 PM
Didn't even know about this... incredible and disgusting.
Irish-Nuts - 12-13-2007 at 06:25 AM
If there's a market for it they will beat it to death. i've seen a lot of proudly pro-anorexic sites. A lot of people have anorexia fetishes and puke
porn is all over the place. i think it's just a case of educating people about the fucked up ideals concerning body image that the media/fashion
industry pushes on us before a problem develops.
We can't start banning things but we can hold them up as the prime examples of pure bullshit that they are.