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You protect animals, please protect young girls too!

Burr in USA | 18.09.2009 21:26 | Culture | Gender | Health

Its time for London Fashon Week again, Its time to glorify heroin chic and the anorectic waif. Its time for young girls, perhaps your sister?, to be bombarded with this perversion of desireable images. Its time fot them to be to;ld they are not right, not beautiful, not worthy.

If the weeks runway events and coverage are insuffucient, there are year round websites devoted to this perversion. Just like there are websites devoted to the practice of some predatory males to prey on young boys.

Confronted with the immorality, the FASHONITA ELITE refuse to back down. Deadly thin will be on the catwalk yet again this year!

Young impressionable ladies ( over a million of them in Britain are already INFECTED with this socially promoted illness)) can follow on facebook and probably twitter feeds.
As the article below notes, these young children can gain "inspiration from celebrities like Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton" and learn how to be part of this glamorous yet deadly lifestyle.

I'm not there. I just think some Brits should read this article and think about it and hopefully go DO Something to bring the light and some shame to this perverse event, the LONDON "FASHON" WEEK.

 http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE58H2OU20090918?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews

Psychiatrists call for action on anorexia sites
Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:39am EDT

By Farah Master

LONDON (Reuters) - As the start of London Fashion Week reignites the debate over ultra-thin models, psychiatrists have called on the British government to act over the soaring numbers of pro-anorexia websites.

Encouraged by social networking sites like Facebook and "thinspiration" websites, growing numbers of Britons are looking online to get tips on how to starve themselves or hide extreme weight loss, says the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

"(These) websites normalize illness," said Professor Ulrike Schmidt, chair of the college's eating disorders section.

"In much the same way, the catwalks of international fashion events such as London Fashion Week can act as a showcase for underweight women."

Fashion Week organizers have refused to rule out using waif-like models on the catwalk.

More than 1.6 million people in Britain suffer from eating disorders, nearly 90 percent of them teenage girls.

The report calls on the government to tackle the proliferation of pro-eating disorder sites as part of its wider efforts to safeguard children on the internet through the UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS)

Psychiatrists say 1 in 10 girls look at pro-eating disorder websites repeatedly, taking inspiration from celebrities like Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton. Some websites use photographs of excessively thin models and messaging forums to encourage severe weight loss.

Beat, a charity for people with eating disorders, said steps to make the sites illegal would not solve the root problem.

"Directing people away from these sites, toward pro recovery sites is what we would wish to see," said its spokeswoman Mary George.

Beat said it is already working with the AOL internet service provider to filter searches.

"If somebody puts in a search for pro anorexia websites, our website comes up first," said George.

The UKCCIS said it was working hard to ensure that vulnerable young people are signposted toward places where they can get help when accessing such sites.

(Editing by Steve Addison)

© Thomson Reuters 2009 All rights reserved

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