Eating Identities, “Unhealthy” Eaters, and Damaged Agency
This paper argues that common social narratives about unhealthy eaters can cause significant damage to agency. I identify and analyze a narrative that combines a “control model” of eating agency with the healthist assumption that health is the ultimate end of eating. I argue that this narrative prod...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Western Ontario
2018-10-01
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Series: | Feminist Philosophy Quarterly |
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Online Access: | https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/fpq/article/view/5778 |