“A cultural fixation on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty but an obsession about female obedience.”

— Naomi Wolf in The Beauty Myth

 

“Let us break the tie with food and look at the metaphor: hungering… voracious… extravagantly and excessively needful… without restraint… always wanting… always wanting too much affection, reassurance, emotional and sexual contact, and attention. This is how many women frequently experience themselves.”

— Susan Bordo in Unbearable Weight