Picasso's anorexia
Got Got to love a great visual for a story. Women with eating disorders draw a different picture of themselves than women without
Impossible not to speculate at the decision process to choose these particular drawings. I am picturing the researchers saying "Well, yes, this does look like an emoticon, but it shows the neck and foot thing." "The Barbie one needs to pull down her skirt a bit - would it be wrong to Photoshop it --but it does demonstrate the breast and hip thing." "The normal weight one is smiling - are we sending a message there?"
But what I really speculate about is whether once people know about this test they will - as the article states - add cartooning skills to the ways to avoid diagnosis?
Figure one: either one of my daughters aged 5. Figure 2: either one of my daughters aged 12. Figure 3: either one of my daughter's aged 10.
ReplyDeleteI don't think there is any great significance in this. Another red herring?
My daughter is an incredible artist. She's always drawn very realistic portraits, including ones of herself. So, I don't get it--she certainly doesn't fit this study at all. But, she still didn't like what she saw even tho she looked fine to me and everyone else.
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