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04/11/2007
Study: We blame those damn abs and their non-fleeting popularity
A new study suggests that gay and bisexual men may be at at a greater risk for eating disorders than their heterosexual peers.
This is of course because the lies and misrepresentations that our opposition routinely tries to shove down our throat, have a tendency to make us want to vomit.
Gay men seen prone to have eating disorders [Reuters]
Your thoughts
This is entirely a "no duh" situation. The gay male community is one of the most image-obssessed, superficially facist groups in all the world. Speaking as a gay, male, recovering anorexic, I can say that the pressure to conform to the ridiculously impossible standards of gay male beauty has caused me nothing but strife.
Posted by: Johnny M | Apr 11, 2007 6:17:02 PM
I'm sorry to hear that, Johnny, but I think you're a little too harsh on the gays. People who are allowed to live truthful, respected lives generally have an easier time of it. The reason that gays have a higher rate of smoking, alcoholism, eating disorders, and other disease is not because of some inherent community character flaw, but because homophobia from straights brings forth an unhealthy pressure - and we deal with it by self-destructive behaviors. Remove the inequality, the intimidation, and the hate and you'll see we'll be screwed up at just about the same rate as the heteros.
Posted by: Michael | Apr 11, 2007 10:17:29 PM
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