The Terrifying Truths of Epidemics In todays’ society we hear about many different problems that occur in the world that we live in. Health issues are brought about on many occasions, but do we ever think of where these things started and what other major issues they may have caused. I decided to look at two different readings that have to do with two completely different epidemics to see if they have anything in common. “The Terrifying Normalcy of AIDS” by Stephen Jay Gould, which of course discusses the epidemic of AIDS. I will also be exploring “The Globalization of Eating Disorders” by Susan Bordo, which obviously discusses the effects of eating disorders and what is believed to be the main cause of them. In “The Terrifying Normalcy
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She shows that eating disorders are somewhat produced by the media that is fed to populations. She gives supporting evidence when she shows a study that was conducted in 1995 to see how media would affect Fijians, who had never been exposed to outside media before. They came back three years later, in 1998, and found that there were many changes that took place with the cultural acceptance of curvier women. The study showed “eleven percent of girls reported vomiting to control weight, and sixty-two percent of the girls surveyed reported dieting during the previous months” (Bordo, 640), which was unheard of seeing as how women were very comfortable with their bodies, no matter what size before media was introduced. She argues that something needs to be done before the epidemic spreads and becomes a bigger crisis than it already …show more content…
People in the world would benefit because they wouldn’t have to worry about people dying over the horrible diseases that they are faced with, and people would be more educated about these epidemics that could possibly affect them. How would you solve these crises, and would your ideas actually make a difference. Works Cited
Bordo, Susan. “The Globalization of Eating Disorders.” The McGraw Hill Reader: Issues Across the Disciplines. Ed. Gilbert H. Mueller. 12th ed. Customized for Oklahoma City Community College. New York: McGraw Hill, 2014. 639-642. Print.
Gould, Stephen Jay. “The Terrifying Normalcy of AIDS.” The McGraw Hill Reader: Issues Across the Disciplines. Ed. Gilbert H. Mueller. 12th ed. Customized for Oklahoma City Community College. New York: McGraw Hill, 2014. 635-638.
She shows that eating disorders are somewhat produced by the media that is fed to populations. She gives supporting evidence when she shows a study that was conducted in 1995 to see how media would affect Fijians, who had never been exposed to outside media before. They came back three years later, in 1998, and found that there were many changes that took place with the cultural acceptance of curvier women. The study showed “eleven percent of girls reported vomiting to control weight, and sixty-two percent of the girls surveyed reported dieting during the previous months” (Bordo, 640), which was unheard of seeing as how women were very comfortable with their bodies, no matter what size before media was introduced. She argues that something needs to be done before the epidemic spreads and becomes a bigger crisis than it already …show more content…
People in the world would benefit because they wouldn’t have to worry about people dying over the horrible diseases that they are faced with, and people would be more educated about these epidemics that could possibly affect them. How would you solve these crises, and would your ideas actually make a difference. Works Cited
Bordo, Susan. “The Globalization of Eating Disorders.” The McGraw Hill Reader: Issues Across the Disciplines. Ed. Gilbert H. Mueller. 12th ed. Customized for Oklahoma City Community College. New York: McGraw Hill, 2014. 639-642. Print.
Gould, Stephen Jay. “The Terrifying Normalcy of AIDS.” The McGraw Hill Reader: Issues Across the Disciplines. Ed. Gilbert H. Mueller. 12th ed. Customized for Oklahoma City Community College. New York: McGraw Hill, 2014. 635-638.