{"id":253,"date":"2013-10-27T20:58:32","date_gmt":"2013-10-28T00:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/hoochie\/?p=253"},"modified":"2017-10-31T20:59:13","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T00:59:13","slug":"a-lineage-of-women-shrinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/hoochie\/2013\/10\/27\/a-lineage-of-women-shrinking\/","title":{"rendered":"A Lineage of Women Shrinking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI wonder if my lineage is one of women shrinking, making space for the entrance of men into their lives not knowing how to fill it back up once they leave\u201d \u2013 Lily Myers\u2019 Shrinking Women<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"610\" height=\"374\" class=\"youtube-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zQucWXWXp3k?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lily Myers performing for Wesleyan University at the 2013 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational. This poem was awarded Best Love Poem at the tournament.<span id=\"more-856\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>However I recommend unless you feel like being disgusted with a huge portion of humanity who has access to YouTube, do NOT read the comments below.<\/p>\n<p>People constantly ask \u201cwhy does feminism matter\u201d or \u201cwhen have <em>you<\/em> experienced sexism?\u201d So many people are unaware of these seemingly minimal ways that society around us constructs views where men are empowered and women are persistently subdued. Myers is addressing a constant struggle that myself and many others I\u2019ve talked with have faced.<\/p>\n<p>It is about the enforced mindset that women cannot take up the same amount of room as men. This oppression is not usually a conscious decision on someone\u2019s part where they actually think \u201chey I deserve more\/less space than that woman\/man\u201d, but it <em>is<\/em> something that individuals should make a conscious decision to change.<\/p>\n<p>It is also important to be aware about eating disorders so below is some more information.<\/p>\n<p><span>Statistics:<br \/>\n<\/span>\u2022 Up to 24 million people of all ages and genders suffer from an eating disorder (anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder) in the U.S.<br \/>\n\u2022 Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness.<br \/>\n\u2022 91% of women surveyed on a college campus had attempted to control their weight through dieting. 22% dieted \u201coften\u201d or \u201calways.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2022 An estimated 10-15% of people with anorexia or bulimia are male.<br \/>\n\u2022 Men are less likely to seek treatment for eating disorders because of the perception that they are \u201cwoman\u2019s diseases.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"ANAD site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.anad.org\/get-information\/about-eating-disorders\/eating-disorders-statistics\/\">National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Boston University Eating Disorders Program<\/span><br \/>\nCall: (617) 353-9610<br \/>\nEmail: <a href=\"mailto:bonnieb@bu.edu\">bonnieb@bu.edu<br \/>\n<\/a>Address: 648 Beacon St., 6<sup>th<\/sup> Floor Boston MA 02215<\/p>\n<p><span>Additional Comment:<\/span><br \/>\nWithin the past few days I\u2019ve been talking to a friend a lot about this video and she brought to my attention that this video seems to imply that anorexia is a problem only women face when this is far from true. This is a problem that applies to both genders. It\u2019s referred to as a \u201cwoman\u2019s disease\u201d which is why men frequently won\u2019t admit to dealing with it. THIS SHOULD NOT BE THE CASE. ANYONE facing anorexia or other eating disorders should get help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI wonder if my lineage is one of women shrinking, making space for the entrance of men into their lives not knowing how to fill it back up once they leave\u201d \u2013 Lily Myers\u2019 Shrinking Women Lily Myers performing for Wesleyan University at the 2013 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational. This poem was awarded Best &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/hoochie\/2013\/10\/27\/a-lineage-of-women-shrinking\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Lineage of Women Shrinking<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7073,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[70],"tags":[297,298,213,299,300],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/hoochie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/hoochie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/hoochie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/hoochie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/hoochie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/hoochie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":254,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/hoochie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions\/254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/hoochie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/hoochie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/hoochie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}