The individual perspective of Bulimia is characterized by being a lesser disease compared to the superiority of Anorexia. The theory of embodiment can be used to analyze the experience individuals with bulimia face and the stigma surrounding their eating disorder. The relationships with foods provide an understanding of the types of feeling associated with having bulimia such as the triggering of guilt when food is inside the body. The embodiment of Bulimia is as an abject body means it is without dignity or self-worth regarding the identity of a bulimic. Bulimia does not come with a sense of associated pride, this illness is not wanted to continue, there is no happiness in it (Fontana. C 1996). In society, bulimia can be seen as a result of …show more content…
The differing interpretations between Bulimia and Anorexia are explained by Christina Fontana (1996) Anorexia is an accomplishment and there is a sense of satisfaction and pride associated with it. However, on the other hand, Bulimia brings up feelings of disgust, shame, and disorder. Bulimia clashes with the purity and control that Anorexia possesses. Christina Fontana (1996) who has had been both anorexic and bulimic and would talk about how much safer being anorexic was and the high status that came along with it. Images that follow the mention of bulimia are typically laxative abuse, retching, and binging junk food (Fontana, C 1996). Cross-cultural literature is heavily focused on the westernization as the large risk factor for eating disorders. This issue with this is that declaring eating disorders as a culture-bound syndrome is incorrect due to rising cases from areas outside of typical Western boundaries of America such as India and Mexico. The societal demands to be slim is in opposition to the consumer driven society to have more but not too much. The social involves the recognition of perception, the self-consciousness and feelings of guilt. Compared to anorexia which is not associated with guilt, there is confidence and pride in achieving a pure body that is slim and achieving the body images (Striegel-Moore, R. H., et al,