Bordo's "Hunger as Ideology"

“Hunger as Ideology” by Susan Bordo

Susan Bordo presents a series of valid points relating to media impressions of women and their subsequent effects on society (and vice versa). Mainly focusing on several advertisements that create different ways to sell their products by presenting their merchandise with a stereotypical woman or man, Bordo also emphasizes the idea of the modern-day all-American family.
Many examples were given of products that presented the ideal woman, in control of her appetite, her career, and her family. Bordo offered several more insights into the history of women and their appetite, such as in Victorian t...