2006-11-30 13:20:49 · 17 answers · asked by Arts 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Probably not.
Anorexia Nervosa is a mental disorder where a person refuses to maintain more than 85 percent of their normal body weight. They usually have a distorted view of their weight and shape. Multidimensional risk perspective explains eating disorders. They cite several key factors that place individuals at risk for these disorders. The more of these factors that are present, the greater the likelihood that a person will develop an eating disorder. Among the leading factors identified to date are sociocultural conditions (societal and family pressures), psychological problems (ego, cognitive, and mood disturbances), and biological variables
If you look at art during the 1800s it shows that the aesthetically ideal woman of the past was considerably larger than today's ideal.
2006-11-30 16:11:02 · answer #1 · answered by queens06 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
yes, but not like we think of it right now....the Romans created something called the vomitorium....where over indulged rich nobles.
Vomitorium
A popular misconception is that the Romans made use of a room called a vomitorium for the express purpose of vomiting between meals to make room for more food. Only a very small minority of the highest classes indulged in the practice of deliberately vomiting. A vomitorium is actually an architectural feature – a passage situated below or behind a tier of seats in an amphitheatre, through which the crowds could "spew out" at the end of a show. [1]
Vomitoriums are still found in some theatres. The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, for instance, has vomitoriums in two of its theatres, the outdoor Elizabethan Stage and the Angus Bowmer Theatre. The voms, as they are called, allow actors to mount the stage from passageways cut into the amphitheatre.
2006-11-30 21:31:10 · answer #2 · answered by latindragon23 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are kidding yourself if you think the media is only 100 years old. Mass media is fairly new,last 70 or 80 years, and probably is responsible for anorexia to a degree. The rest of society has to shoulder some responibility too though. If people dated based on quality of the person rather than if they look hot, or not, there would be less divorce.
2006-11-30 21:27:05 · answer #3 · answered by SteveA8 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Both eating disorders and the media existed 100 years ago, period.
2006-11-30 21:25:01 · answer #4 · answered by pat z 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It probably did, but no one knew what it was at the time. They must've thought the aneroxic person was starving because they were poor and couldn't afford to buy or grow food.
2006-11-30 21:25:36 · answer #5 · answered by nobodyd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure it did. But just not as much. 100 years ago a lot of people were struggling to put food on their tables. I doubt they wouldn't eat it.
2006-11-30 21:26:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes- read a womens history book on suffrage. I think Evil Ronald forgot to eat his cookies tonight- no more happy meals for you.
2006-11-30 21:26:18 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
100 years ago it was not that big of a deal to be thin. they all wanted to be full figured. but im sure there were eating disorders then too.
2006-11-30 21:23:23 · answer #8 · answered by queenE 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Probably but definitely not to the extent that it does now.
2006-11-30 21:27:34 · answer #9 · answered by Nico 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably, yes, but less cases... However, some people didn't have a choice because they didn't have any food at all...
2006-11-30 21:22:31 · answer #10 · answered by misery 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋