Men exclusion in Anorexia Nervosa

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Anorexia Nervosa (AN) is commonly known to be as a female problem in the world. However, men are also at risk for such mental illness. Although statistically females do have a higher ratio of developing AN, men deserve the same recognition for being equally in danger. The gender stereotyping in our culture leads to the emphasized focus for females in AN. Little attention has been paid to this imbalance while the majority of the researches are done in general questions about AN such as causes and treatments, and most case studies are done with female subjects (Soban, 2006). To investigate more about inequalities between gender in AN, my question for the research is how are men isolated from AN by gender stereotyping? I have read Burke (1966), Martin (1991), and Soban (2006) for my literature review. In Terministic Screens by Burke, I refer to the quote, “even if any given terminology is a reflection of reality, by its very nature as a terminology it must be a selection of reality; and to this extent it must function also as a deflection of reality,”(Burke, p.45) as a guide to my analysis of the word choice of my data. In Martin’s journal, The egg and the sperm: How science has constructed a romance based on stereotypical male-female roles, I am interested in how women are portrayed as the weaker sex such as ‘damsels in distress’, while men are always viewed superior sex, such as ‘the strong rescuers’ (Martin, p.500). For Soban’s What About Boys?: Addressing Issues of Masculinity within Male Anorexia Nervosa in a Feminist Therapeutic Environment, I am interested in how masculinity and femininity has to do with the obsession of becoming thin, and how the public think about it. I will describe my two data and analyze the how men are ...

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Burke, K. (1966). Terministic screens. In Language as symbolic action: Essays on life, literature, and method. (pp. 44-62). Berkeley: University of California Press.
Martin, E. (1991). The egg and the sperm: How science has constructed a romance based on stereotypical male-female roles. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 16(3), 485-501.
Soban, C. (2006). What About Boys?: Addressing Issues of Masculinity within Male Anorexia Nervosa in a Feminist Therapeutic Environment .International Journal of Men’s Health, 5 (3), 251-267
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Eating Disorders: Educate Yourself. Educate Others [Brochure]. (n. d.) Seattle, W.A. : National Organization of Eating Disorders.

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