On the premise that it's a big problem in every community, then yeah, it's certainly a big problem among Orthodoxy, but not necessarily any more than it is in any other community. I interviewed Gila Manolson, the prominent tzniut author, here http://starofdavida.blogspot.c.... My second-to-last question was about that Washington Post article, and she said "In general, the occurrences of eating disorders among observant Jews are usually lower, however the neighborhood they investigated was higher. I believe itÌ¢âÂã¢s because in addition to living in New York, which has a particular emphasis on the body, that specific ethnic group happens to place an undue emphasis on appearance. I donÌ¢âÂã¢t want to say which community it is, but that culture really condones young women acting as bodies that marry wealthy older men. ThatÌ¢âÂã¢s part of the culture, not the Jewish culture, but the culture that they lived within for many centuries and they assimilated ideas from." I'm assuming she was referring to a Sephardic community (not trying to stereotype there).
Of course I try not to judge the world based solely on my own experiences, but I do have to view things throughout my own lens.
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On the premise that it's a big problem in every community, then yeah, it's certainly a big problem among Orthodoxy, but not necessarily any more than it is in any other community. I interviewed Gila Manolson, the prominent tzniut author, here http://starofdavida.blogspot.c.... My second-to-last question was about that Washington Post article, and she said "In general, the occurrences of eating disorders among observant Jews are usually lower, however the neighborhood they investigated was higher. I believe itÌ¢âÂã¢s because in addition to living in New York, which has a particular emphasis on the body, that specific ethnic group happens to place an undue emphasis on appearance. I donÌ¢âÂã¢t want to say which community it is, but that culture really condones young women acting as bodies that marry wealthy older men. ThatÌ¢âÂã¢s part of the culture, not the Jewish culture, but the culture that they lived within for many centuries and they assimilated ideas from." I'm assuming she was referring to a Sephardic community (not trying to stereotype there).
Of course I try not to judge the world based solely on my own experiences, but I do have to view things throughout my own lens.