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Amy Henning

Prof. McCrary

ENC-130 Rhet & Comp

15 November

Response #19

I think the most interesting, and probably concerning, aspect of my topic would be the

drastically increasing amount of young adults, especially girls in college, that have

developed eating disorders. Another interesting aspect would be the great effect that

“innocent” social media has on causing those eating disorders. Because there has been

such a great increase in influencers posting on social media, which I can relate to, that

post about becoming “that girl” and having the “ideal” body type. To many young girls

the “ideal” body type isn’t a realistic body type but they feel that in order for them to fit

in society they should either look a certain way or eat a certain way. Many of the girls

that follow social media religiously then fall into the trap of wanting to lose weight and

most of the time in a unhealthy manner by starving themselves or doing “intermitted

fasting” or most popular, overexercising. I think it is particularly relatable to girls in

todays society as many girls have at least one form of social media, if not many and are

constantly reminded about the having the “perfect” body. Many of those girls then also

see people who have or had eating disorders and are publicly talking about it which could

be triggering, especially if they are having problems with low self-esteem already. I think

the readers will be surprised by this information, especially if it is something they are not

familiar with at all and also surprised at how something that seem so innocent can cause

something that is so serious like eating disorders, anorexia, bulimia etc.