Sex and Anorexia
One of the blogs I regularly check my feed for, change therapy, has just completed a series detailing her results of a survey she posted. This survey asked readers what their opinions were regarding nude or scantily clad anorexics, keeping in mind that a large amount of the survey’s visitors had arrived via search engine results for topics such as “anorexic nudes” or “anorexic porn.”
This series was by no means a scientific study: it was very uncontrolled and only 106 of the 2,884 readers of the survey’s post actually submitted the survey. Of those 106, some 23% of respondents listed their weights as under average or very under average - leading me to the opinion that some of the images were liked for thinspiration purposes.
The reason I’m suggesting that you check out the series is this: it was surprising how many people responded in a for-anorexic-images manner, while still stating that it was not their ideal - in a sexual partner, especially. A number of respondents expressed concern or disgust at the images, yes, but seemingly healthy people were intrigued by the frailty, control and femininity of them.
Go see what I mean and let me know your own thoughts.
The survey
Survey results, Part 1
Survey results, Part 2
Survey results, Part 3
Survey summation
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