Blog Post 1

My research question is: "How has our (American/Western) culture been causing eating disorders in comparison to other cultures?"
This topic has always been fairly interesting to me. I have had various friends and acquaintances that have struggled in dealing with eating disorders. After witnessing this various times, I had wondered whether or not our media (or our overall culture) has helped in the acquiring of eating disorders by various members of the population. I have seen the various changes in our culture in comparison to others, but this had been a subject which I had never been sure of how it varied through different countries.
I think this is an important topic for others to be aware of. In today's society, eating disorders seem to be in abundance. It's something which no one should have to go through, and by explaining how our society is affected by them I hope to either prevent it from occurring in those who would be the audience for this project, or enlighten others in hopes of them possibly being able to help anyone they know who may be going through it.
I'm not too sure about what I may find in regards to this topic. I expect to see that our culture has a decent amount of outside influences that could possibly lead to eating disorders in comparison to other countries. The reasoning behind this being that we have more access to various forms of media and what our society has deemed as "attractive".
There are always different viewpoints in this matter, just as with any other. There are those that say that those who acquire eating disorders are solely unstable and are to blame for their own problems, as opposed to viewing it as a legitimate disease.
This questions could lead to a variety of different responses, some which I may have expected, others which may come as a surprise. Either way, a decent argument is likely to be held for either viewpoint.