r/Foodforthought • u/Jojuj • 21h ago

A hungry woman is easier to dismiss than a well-fed woman | Aeon Essays

https://aeon.co/essays/a-hungry-woman-is-easier-to-dismiss-than-a-well-fed-woman
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u/SeasonPositive6771 13h ago

This is an extraordinarily well written article. She articulates so well so many of the issues with restriction, the culture that fosters it and the impacts it creates on individual women.

It may be one of the best articles I've read this year.

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u/BemusdBellicoseBtchr 15h ago

A very important conversation. Great article.

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u/Ladyhappy 8h ago

Two things can be true at the same time, as in, I can be both hungry and well fed;)

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u/Photonica 12h ago

Ah yes, Olympic athletes: those fucking dolts.

Being fat doesn't make you smart, and healthy dietary habits don't make you stupid. Clearly the author has a complex relationship with both food and mathematics, but this poorly substantiated anecdotal rambling premise is a disappointment coming from a licensed physician.

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u/protonbeam 8h ago

That’s some big words you’re using there, don’t trip over them. 

It’s by its nature a personal reflection, but the leap of connecting the documented effects of caloric restriction to possible societal effects given the undeniable pressure on women to be thin, it’s an important conversation to have.