According to the American Anorexia/Bulimia Association, seven million woman and one million men, ages 10 to early 20’s, suffer from eating disorders. Seeing Ourselves used three different models explaining eating disorders, biomedical model, psycolological model, and cultural of thinness model. Biomedical adopts medical treatment and stradegies that can help woman be less traumatized by this disorder. Psychological model explores effective therapeutic treatments except tends to neglect woman of color, lesbians, and working class woman. Culture of Thinness model is a key reason why eating problems predominate among woman. In this reading it says due to stereotypical thinking that these eating problems are restricted to white woman, African Americans and Latinas once diagnosed, their problems seem to be more severe. I’d have to agree because we as students learn in sociology how race is a big part of life. The darker your skin the “uglier” you seem to be. Which obviously isn’t true but thats how a majority of our society thinks. With that been said, I think African Americans and Latinas try to follow a white womans way of living. For example, when a white woman is thin, an African American or Latina feels as if she becomes thin then maybe society will look at her as “beautiful.” And thats the problem with cultural obsessions with thinness! Skinny does not equal pretty but most people think that is the case. And that’s exactly why eating disorders is and will continue to be huge problem in today’s society.