Pro Anorexia Argumentative Analysis

There is a fundamental difference in a pro anorexia community, or a community that helps destigmatize or help other who are mentally ill cope in healthy ways, such as a depression recovery community. Another difference is the fact that many people have different ideals as to when it is okay to judge others. Judging a community, ethically that is, often is unfounded, until their, or others livelihood is at stake.

In this essay the topic of pro anorexia communities is compared to that of a depression recovery group. For clarification, the two groups are only similar in the fact that a large portion of their userbase is mentally ill. The beginning of this piece will talk about how groups see themselves, in comparison to how others see them. That is going to be followed by the explanation of how people own judgements, does not mean we have the right to judge, no …show more content…
Finding an online support group helps these people feel like they are not alone and doing the right thing for their body, whether or not it is actually the right thing. Social Media helps organize both of these groups with tagging systems and blogs with certain keywords, which in case causes pro anorexia groups to go even farther into hiding their community, isolating more, and recovery groups to be able to reach out and share their stories.

O’Hara and Clegg-Smith brought to light the social dissonance of eating disorders in society, For example, the public seemed to believe that eating disorders affect only females, while research shows that men make up more than ten percent of eating disorder sufferers. Public misperceptions about eating disorders are still common. While many individuals receive treatment and recover to lead a healthy life, anorexia remains the mental illness with the highest mortality