ESSAY ON CLOSE TO THE BONE BY ROBERTA SEID

In her article "Too ‘Close to the Bone’: The Historical Context for Women’s Obsession with Slenderness", Roberta Seid, a lecturer at the University of Southern California, examines what she calls the historical context, as well as the negative effects, of society’s ideal of slenderness. Seid main point in the article is that the current ideal body size of society is much too thin to be healthy. While Seid does have a well founded belief, her use of logical fallacies and a few extreme views may
In her article "Too ‘Close to the Bone’: The Historical Context for Women’s Obsession with Slenderness", Roberta Seid, a le...