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      Rice’s
      presentation
      .
     
     
      emotionally
      charged
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      oe
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Audience
      moved
      by
      images
      portrayed
     
    
   
   
    
     
      BY
      C.A.
      SCHNEIDER
     
    

    
     
      THURSDAY
      NIGHT
      WAS
      AN
      EMOTIONAL
     
     
      evening
      for
      all
      present
      at
      Carla
      Rice's
     
     
      presentation
      on
      body
      image.
      Duffy
     
     
      amphitheatre
      played
      host
      to
      one
      of
      the
      most
     
     
      disturbing
      and
      touching
      presentations
      anyone
     
     
      has
      seen
      in
      a
      long
      time.
      The
      problem
      of
     
     
      distorted
      body
      image
      is
      one
      that
      has
      plagued
     
     
      our
      society
      since
      the
     
     
      birth
      of
      the
      supermodel,
     
     
      and
      poses
      a
      serious
     
     
      threat
      to
      many
      young
     
     
      women
      today.
     
    

    
     
      The
      disturbing
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      disturbing
     
     
      statistics
      given
      in
     
     
      the
      early
      part
      of
     
    
   
   
    
     
      is
      an
      impossibility,
      not
      an
      ideal.
     
    

    
     
      In
      the
      quest
      for
      the
      ideal,
      women
      begin
     
     
      treat
      their
      bodies.as
      objects...
      When
      one
     
     
      body
      becomes
      an
      object,
      violence
      becomes;
     
     
      allowable
      occurrence.
      Violence
      can
      al:
     
     
      become
      erotic
      as
      women’s
      pain
      and
      sufferi
     
     
      is
      sexualized.
      Fifty-five
      to
      seventy-five
      perce
     
     
      of
      women
      who
      suffer
      from
      eating
      disorde
     
     
      have
      also
      experienced,
     
     
      will
      experience
      sexual:
     
     
      physical.
      violence,
      Tt
     
     
      violence..drives.
      wom
     
     
      out
      of
      their
      bodies,
      leadi
     
     
      self-harmin
     
     
      behaviour,
      disassociatio
     
    
   
   
    
     
      statistics
      given
      in
      theearly
      Rice
      "5
      presentation
      er
      a
     
    
   
   
    
     
      part
      of
      Rice’s
     
    
   
   
    
     
      presentation
      showed
      showed
      that
      ninety
      behaviour.
      .
     
    
   
   
    
     
      that
      ninety
      per
      cent
      of
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Women
      who
      que
     
    
   
   
    
     
      women
      dislike
      their
      per
      cent
      of
      women
      for
      the
      ideal
      body
      sto
     
    
   
   
    
     
      bodies,
      while
      seventy
      per
     
    
   
   
    
     
      nurturing
      and.
      lovig
     
    
   
   
    
     
      cent
      are
      preoccupied
      dislike
      their
      bodies...
      themselves
      and
      begin
     
    
   
   
    
     
      with
      their
      weight.
      Forty
     
    

    
     
      per
      cent
      of
      women
      are
      actively
      yo-yo
      dieting,
     
     
      while
      twenty
      per
      cent
      struggle
      with
      anorexia
     
     
      and
      bulimia.
      Fifty
      per
      cent
      of
      girls
      under
      the
     
     
      age
      of
      nine
      have
      begun
      dieting.
      Sixty-six
      per
     
     
      cent
      of
      women
      have
      experimented
      with
      bulimia
     
     
      to
      control
      weight.
     
    

    
     
      In
      our
      society
      thinness
      is
      regarded
      aia
      sign
     
     
      of
      health,
      wealth,
      sexuality
      and
      immortality.
     
     
      Little
      girls
      are
      brought
      up
      believing
      that
      power
     
     
      comes
      from
      approximating
      these
      superficial
     
     
      societal
      beliefs.
      Society's
      ideals
      have
      kept
     
     
      getting
      further
      and
      further
      out
      of
      reach
      for
     
     
      most
      women;
      the
      “ideal”
      size
      has
      in
      fact
     
     
      decreased
      by
      twenty-four
      per
      cent,
      while
      the
     
     
      actual
      average
      size
      of
      women
      has
      increased
      by
     
     
      four
      per
      cent.
      The
      ideal
      that
      is
      presented
      to
     
     
      young
      girls--
      Barbie--
      is
      in
      fact
      the
      ideal
      most
     
     
      women
      reach
      for.
      She
      is
      blonde,
      blue-eyed,
     
     
      incredibly
      leggy
      and
      incredibly
      thin.
      In
      fact,
      if
     
     
      one
      were
      to
      make
      Barbie
      life-sized,
      she
      would
     
     
      have
      measurements
      of
      36",
      18"
      and
      33".
      This
     
    
   
   
    
     
      struggle
      against
      their
      o
     
     
      bodies.
      The
      problems
      of
      this
      generation
     
     
      unhappy
      women
      have
      been:
      passed
      on
      to
     
     
      next
      generation,
      and
      if
      we
      don’t
      stop
      the
      cd
     
     
      now,
      we
      may
      never
      end
      it.
      Women
      must
      sty
     
     
      aspiring
      to
      unreasonable
      ideals
      and
      insteadai
     
     
      for
      reasonable
      goals.
      Women
      must
      also
      lea
     
     
      to
      once
      again
      love
      their
      bodies
      and
      themseliq
     
     
      as
      they
      are.
      We
      in
      turn
      must
      teach
     
     
      daughters
      to
      love
      their
      bodies,
      to
      know
      th
     
     
      they
      are
      beautiful
      just
      as
      they
      are.
     
    

    
     
      Carla
      Rice
      spoke
      to
      all
      present,
      and
      hi
     
     
      words
      touched
      them.all..
      She
      raised
      all
      t
     
     
      issues
      that
      matter
      to
      women
      in
      this
      society
     
     
      those
      who
      care
      about
      these
      women.
     
     
      pointed
      out
      that
      society
      has
      changed
      its
      ide
     
     
      many
      times
      in
      history,
      and
      that
      we
      can
      fort
     
     
      society's
      ideals
      to
      become
      realisti@and
      healt
     
     
      The
      presentation,
      sponsored
      by
      the
      UM
     
     
      Women’s
      Centre,
      was
      essential
      not
      only
     
     
      the
      women
      of
      this
      community
      but
      also
      4
     
     
      those
      who
      love
      these
      women.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      forthe
      |
     
     
      X-Press!
     
    
   
   
    
     
      |
      Shameless
      filler
      #210
      —
     
    
   
   
    
     
      eae
      Se
      an.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      x.press
      march
      fifteenth
      1994
      page
      4
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