http://www.returnofkings.com/21313/5-reasons-to-date-a-girl-with-an-eating-disorder
This is a response to the article "5 Reasons to Date A Girl With An Eating Disorder" Yes, this is a real article. As much as we'd like to believe that this is just some nobody trying to pull a fast one for publicity, the author known as "Tuthmosis Sonofra" has been more than open about this article being a genuine piece of work. His reasons he defended were "Her obsession over her body will improve her overall looks, she costs less money, she's fragile and vulnerable, she probably has money of her own, and she's better in bed". Obviously her obsession over her body will improve her overall looks, right? The perks of anorexia include weight 15% less than the recommended BMI, hair loss, cracked and dry skin, and yellowing teeth to name only a few side effects. And don't even get me started with the beauty hacks of bulimics: tooth decay, swollen salivary glands, scarred hands, and red eyes are bound to draw positive feedback! And she may even cost less! You'll never have to take her out to dinner because you'll be too embarrassed when she slices her salad leaves into fourths or asks the waiter to take her plate early. And she'll always buy her own food because she's too ashamed to make you pay $80 at the fast food drive thru for her binge meal she'll just throw up after. She definitely WILL have money of her own, because instead of going out with you for a birthday dinner or a work promotion celebration she'll just buy you extravagant gifts to make up for the calories she'll never fill up on. Her gifts may even come in the form of apologies; I'm sorry I threw up dinner last night, here's an expensive watch; I'm sorry I stayed out all day trying to burn off any extra calories I may have consumed, here's tickets to a basketball game. She'll probably be fragile and vulnerable- anorexics show evidence of osteoporosis and bone mineral defiency which will make it difficult for them to walk and lead to bone fractures. And she WILL be vulnerable, so vulnerable that if she's a bulimic there's a 40% chance she's more likely to turn to prostitution and drugs as a way out of her addiction, which can lead to exploitation. And she will be better in bed- except the only bed she'll be on if she doesn't seek help is a hospital bed or her deathbed. Don't mock the 3% of the popultion who suffer from eating disorders- and don't mock the 10% of people suffering who will die from their illness. We want to know what you think. Leave your thoughts below.
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i painstakingly read the entire article by Tuthmosis, hoping there would be some sort of contradiction at the end because there could be no way a person with a fully functioning brain can seriously think that way. i'm beyond shocked by the way in which eating disorders are looked. he himself calls them "mental illnesses" in the beginning of his article, so i don't understand why he derails from that throughout the rest of his bullshit piece and taunts a mental illness? this makes me wonder how he treats people with other mental illnesses. is it just the ed that he looks down on, or? i'm infuriated.
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