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I just found a pic of myself from grade 9, and it was not pretty! Thinking of taking up the old a nervosa? Think again, junior! Heh not that it's ever anybody's plan... but well... never mind. Glad I'm over that part of my life.
I heard this theory that anorexia is genetic... I'm sorry, but there is no self-starvation gene that would have survived through evolution. Genes that are beneficial to survival last... genes that KILL YOU do not (there's a bit of my disotrted version of grade 11 bio for ya). Furthermore, if there were a gene for anorexia, it would not ONLY be in western cultures, where there just HAPPENS to be pressure to be thin. Specific mutations do not just occur in specific cultures in specific time periods. Perhaps anxiety is genetic, as, back in the day, being anxious would have allowed us to flee from danger and douchebags (I'm pretty sure I just wanted to use the word douchebag in a sentence). And perhaps this anxiety makes certain people more susceptible to societal pressures, such as emaciation in the west. ANyways... that's all about that.
I heard this theory that anorexia is genetic... I'm sorry, but there is no self-starvation gene that would have survived through evolution. Genes that are beneficial to survival last... genes that KILL YOU do not (there's a bit of my disotrted version of grade 11 bio for ya). Furthermore, if there were a gene for anorexia, it would not ONLY be in western cultures, where there just HAPPENS to be pressure to be thin. Specific mutations do not just occur in specific cultures in specific time periods. Perhaps anxiety is genetic, as, back in the day, being anxious would have allowed us to flee from danger and douchebags (I'm pretty sure I just wanted to use the word douchebag in a sentence). And perhaps this anxiety makes certain people more susceptible to societal pressures, such as emaciation in the west. ANyways... that's all about that.