Assignment Number 9b supplement Discussion/Writing Assignment CChrisler Chapter 8. Women, weight, and body image. (116-135) Crawford & Unger. I'm not fat, I'm Latina. (117-118) Crawford & Unger. Illness and imagery. (119-130) Crawford & Unger. The other body. (131-135) Pipher 6. Fathers. (115-130) hooks 3. Sisterhood is powerful. (13-18)

Student Name _____________________ Date due: October 4, 2007 Psychology/WST of Women Hal S. Bertilson, Ph.D.

1.	What is your reaction to the statement in Chrisler that the cultural and social pressures to be thin result from the underlying fear of women's power in patriarchal societies? Explain. (120)
2.	Why do you think the medical community has very often interpreted the causes and origins as medical or biological? (121)
3.	What do you see as the role of "control" in eating disorders? (124)
4.	How might the specific messages women receive about weight and body image be related to the eqal rights amendment?