In five pages the relationships between parents and daughters and how they impact on struggles with weight issues and food are compared. Ten sources are cited in the bibliography.
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book and one woman play "Wake Up, Im Fat" show two different perspectives in regards to parental reactions and complications to the weight gain or loss of their daughters. In
Hornbachers "Wasted", she explains how her mother remained reserved about her condition and claimed to be ignorant of her problem until well into her teens because of her daughters ability
for "deceit". Her father, who was much more emotional, became dependent on Hornbacher during his disputes with her mother. Neither parent seemed to focus on Hornbachers inner plea of "Look
at me, look at me" and Hornbacher still feels vulnerable to her illness to this day. Manheim, on the other hand, has a positive fighting attitude and acceptance of her
body weight and this is partially due to the support offered to her from her mother and her father. Her parents were hard on her and tried to bride her
in order for her to lose weight in addition to taking her to numerous doctors and specialists at a young age. The difference however, lay in their concern and support
of their daughters condition and attention to her weight gain became a cause of their own. In addition, her parents taught her the importance of fighting for others and the
strength needed to do this which aided Manheim in fighting for herself. Manheims work remains humorous and positive in her overall acceptance of her weight and her appreciated support of
her parents. Marya Hornbachers 1998 text "Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia" tells about her fourteen years of eating disorders which were
further exasperated by her chaotic family lifestyle and societys perpetual obsession with thinness. Hornbacher, having written the book at the young age of twenty two has admitted that there was