Understanding the Role of Gender and Ethnic Oppression when Treating Mexican American Women for Eating Disorders

Autor:	Diane J. Harris-Wilson, Siobhan K. O’Toole, Sue A. Kuba
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	Oppression Gender identity media_common.quotation_subject Ethnic group Mexican americans medicine.disease Gender Studies Eating disorders medicine Internalized oppression Psychology Social psychology General Psychology Clinical psychology media_common
Zdroj:	Women & Therapy. 35:19-30
ISSN:	1541-0315 0270-3149
DOI:	10.1080/02703149.2012.634715
Popis:	Gender, ethnicity, and weight issues are often the basis for internalized oppression. Mexican American women with eating disorders are subject to such internalization, complicated by cultural and family factors. Mexican American women (n = 136) were assessed. The resulting culturally discrepant gender identity theory describes the complicated set of relationships between weight, cultural weightism, gender identity, assimilation to U.S. culture, family factors, and eating disorder symptoms. Therapists treating eating disorders should consider ethnic and gender identity in addressing the conflicts between family, culture, and gender expectations; and demonstrate sensitivity to the complex inter-generational relationships in Mexican American families.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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