Is Worth Inversely Proportional to Weight?
Last month I watched a documentary about the prevalence of eating disorders in the climbing world. Perhaps it isn't surprising given the nature of the sport: you have to haul yourself up a wall, and it seems easier to do that if there's less of you to haul up. The athletes in the documentary described the devastating effects of the illness on their lives, though. Many of them experienced organ failure, and all of them continue to have problematic relationships with food even after treatment. I watched the documentary and nodded in agreement every time someone said the culture needed to change. I shuddered when one young athlete described being on the verge of kidney failure. A small voice also whispered, "why can't you have that dedication?" Yes, I was actually jealous of people with eating disorders. Is it any wonder that horrid thought could have crept into my mind given the emphasis that society places on being slender and "beautiful?" For me, the p