The Perfect Body Obsession

Submitted by Adriana Rae on July 16, 2009 - 06:21.

Bodiesis a new book by Susie Orbach. Orbach is a noted psychoanalyst (who is also a bit famous for treating Princess Diana for bulimia).

In the book she discusses how we are becoming increasingly obsessed with our bodies. Body anxiety is a real threat to the modern psyche. The beauty business is a $160 billion industry and "the merchants of body hatred" are the controlling forces.
"2,000 to 5,000 times a week, we receive images of bodies enhanced by digital manipulation."


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