Sounds Like A Cult

The Cult of Diet Culture

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Jan 10, 2023
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INSIGHT

Diet Culture as a Controlling Cult

  • Diet culture functions like a cult by controlling bodies through shame and strict rules.
  • It shames defectors harshly, making exiting difficult and painful emotionally.
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Religious Roots of Diet Culture

  • Diet culture's roots lie in Protestantism linking morality and food consumption.
  • Concepts like "cleansing" and "detox" echo religious rituals like baptism.
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Racism Embedded in Fatphobia

  • Fat phobia emerged with racial and classist undertones tied to white Anglo-Saxon Protestantism.
  • Thinness became equated with moral and racial superiority in history.
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