_aculture
      where
      there
      is
      a
      tremendous
      obsession
      with
     
    

    
     
      -
      food
      and
      weight
      and
      pressure
      on
      women
      to
      be
      thin
      and
     
    

    
     
      not
      have
      fat
      bodies,’’
      says
      Carla
      Rice,
      program
      coor-
     
    

    
     
      '
      dinator
      for
      the
      National
      Eating
      Disorder
      Information
     
    

    
     
      |
      Centre.
      Women
      are
      taught
      to
      find
      value
      in
      their
     
     
      appearances.
      **‘A
      fundamental
      difference
      occurs
      be-
     
     
      cause
      men
      grow
      up
      to
      learn
      what
      they
      dois
      most
     
     
      important,’’
      says
      Rice.
      Women,
      on
      the
      other
      hand,
      get
     
     
      their
      self
      worth
      from
      their
      appearances.
      Girls
      and
     
     
      women
      make
      up
      to
      90
      10
      95
      percent
      of
      those
      strug-
     
    

    
     
      gling
      with
      anorexia
      and
      bulimia.
      Ten
      to
      twenty
      per
     
    

    
     
      cent
      of
      women
      engage
      in
      many
      of
      the
      behaviours
     
    

    
     
      :
      associated
      with
      both
      eating
      disorders.
      Seventy
      per
     
    

    
     
      ;
     
    
   
   
    
     
      cent
      are
      preoccupied
      with
      their
      weight
      and
      90
      percent
     
     
      of
      women
      are
      dissatisfied
      with
      their
      bodies.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “It
      is
      not
      surprising
      that
      most
      women
      in
      our
      society
     
     
      are
      dissatisfied
      with
      their
      bodies,
      given
      that
      less
      than
     
     
      5
      per
      cent
      of
      us
      fit
      the
      ideal’’,
      says
      Carla
      Rice,
      Coor-
     
     
      dinator
      of
      the
      National
      Eating
      Disorder
      Information
     
    

    
     
      _
      Centre.
      This
      ideal
      is
      that
      of
      an
      adolescent
      or
      underde-
     
     
      _
      veloped
      body.
      ‘‘This
      isa
      complete
      denial
      of
      the
     
     
      mature
      women’s
      body,
      thus,
      it
      is
      a
      denial
      of
      woman-
     
     
      hood
      itself,’’
      Glendon
      student
      Melissa
      Barrett
      wrote
     
    

    
     
      _
      in
      Excalibar
      last
      year.
      ‘‘It’sno
      wonder
      we’
      re
      all
     
     
      scared
      to
      get
      fat,’’
      said
      a
      bulimia
      sufferer
      who
      wished
     
     
      to
      remain
      anonymous.
      ‘‘Everywhere
      we
      look,
      we
      see
     
     
      beautiful,
      slim
      women.
      The
      media
      links
      beauty
      to
     
     
      success
      and
      power’’.
      ‘‘The
      media
      doesn’tcreate
      these
     
     
      attitudes,’’
      Rice
      said,
      ‘‘but
      responds
      and
      reinforces
     
     
      them.
      the
      media
      picks
      up
      society’s
      values
      and
      throws
     
     
      them
      back
      in
      our
      faces.’’
      Last
      week
      the
      Body
      Images
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Support
      group
      celebrated
      Fearless
      Friday,
      a
      day
      when
     
     
      dieters
      are
      encouraged
      to
      eat
      what
      they
      want
      without
     
     
      feeling
      guilty
      and
      without
      fearing
      weight
      gain.
      ‘‘Peo-
     
     
      _
      ple
      have
      to
      learn
      not
      to
      blame
      themselves
      for
      failing
     
     
      |
      at
      dieting
      and
      to
      accept
      their
      bodies,’’
      said
      Rice.
      The
     
     
      day
      also
      marked
      the
      conclusion
      of
      eating
      disorder
     
     
      awareness
      week,
      which
      featured
      information
      cam-
     
     
      _
      paigns
      by
      the
      Support
      Group
      and
      national
      organiza-
     
     
      _
      tions.
      This
      year’s
      motto
      was
      ‘
      ‘Taking
      up
      spaceina
     
     
      _
      Slender
      society--celebrating
      our
      natural
      sizes.’’
      The
     
     
      _
      goalisto
      reduce
      the
      prevalence
      of
      anorexia,
      bulimia,
     
     
      _
      dieting
      and
      body
      image
      problems
      through
      a
      public,
     
     
      _
      education
      program
      emphasizin
      g
      social
      factors
      causing
     
     
      _
      theirdevelopment,’’
      said
      Rice.
      There
      is
      help
      available
     
     
      _
      to
      people
      who
      suffer
      from
      eating
      disorders,’’
      said
      the
     
     
      _
      bulimia
      sufferer,
      ‘‘The
      problem
      is
      in
      realising
      that
     
     
      _
      you
      do
      have
      a
      disorder
      that
      has
      to
      be
      dealt
      with.
      Most
     
     
      _
      women
      refuse
      to
      admit
      they
      have
      an
      eating
      disorder,’’
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
     
         
     
     
       
     
     
         
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      by
      Mike
      Goshko
      and
      Rob
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      Settee
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      =
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      rts
      a
     
     
      eee
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      January
      23,
      1992
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Keger's
      foolish
      belief
      in
      Super
      sti
      Loy
     
     
      Spells
      disaster
      -for
      the
      -Lloyds.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      A
      Note
      From
      your
      Arts'
      Rep
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Hello!
      Welcome
      to
      1992.
      My
      name
      is
      Scott
      A.
     
     
      Campbell
      and
      I
      am
      one
      of
      your
      four
      arts”
      reps
      onthe
     
     
      UPEI
      Student
      Council.
      My
      job
      isto
      represent
      all
     
     
      members
      of
      the
      Faculty
      of
      Arts.
      If
      you
      have
      any
     
     
      comments,
      questions,
      concerns,
      complaints,
      or
      good
     
     
      remarks
      please
      contact
      me
      at
      the
      Barn
      (Student
      Union
     
     
      Office)
      by
      leaving
      a
      note,
      or
      you
      can
      contact
      me
      by
     
     
      leaving
      another
      note
      at
      the
      Robertson
      Library.
      I
      will
     
     
      try
      my
      best
      to
      resolve
      any
      problems
      and/or
      answer
     
     
      questions,
      and
      remember:
      this
      is
      your
      university.
     
     
      You
      have
      arightto
      know
      anda
      right
      to
      get
      involved.
     
     
      Get
      Involved!
     
    

    
     
      My
      experience
      oncouncil
      has
      been
      quite
      excellentso
     
     
      far
      and
      I
      remind
      everyone
      that
      it
      is
      not
      too
      early
      to
     
     
      start
      thinking
      about
      running
      in
      the
      next
      general
      elec-
     
     
      tion,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Arts
      Rep.
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