Feminist Therapy

Jasper, Karin

doi:10.1002/9781118574089.ch58

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“…“Feminism” has often been taken as a singular force, and, like other terms adopted (often begrudgingly or even facetiously) into the popular lexicon, it suffers from a lack of specificity in use. Arguably, any singular definition of feminism does a disservice to the vitality and diversity of the movement [ 5 , 8 ]. It may be more accurate to speak of feminism s, foregrounding a plurality of approaches.…”

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“…Nevertheless, there continue to be vibrant research and clinical communities working on feminist approaches to eating problems—particularly those grounded in intersectionality 1 [ 4 ]—arguing that we must attend to structural and systemic factors that (a) constitute and reinforce sexist oppression; (b) impact experiences around food and exercise practices and embodied distress; and (c) affect the ways researchers, therapists, and activists think about what they are doing and why [ 5 – 7 ]. In this two-part series, we invite readers to join us in the process of answering two broad questions: (1) What issues and barriers have resulted in feminism being so neglected in the field of eating disorders?…”

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An open invitation to productive conversations about feminism and the spectrum of eating disorders (part 1): basic principles of feminist approaches

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Despite the long history of feminist research in the field and the clear relevance of questions of gender to this sphere, many continue to question the relevance of feminism for understanding and treating eating disorders in 2022. In this set of two papers, we explore some of the tensions, omissions and misconceptions which surround feminist approaches to eating disorders. At the core of these two papers is our assertion that such approaches can make significant contributions in the eating disorders field along six key lines: enriching the science of eating disorders, unpacking diagnostics, contextualizing treatment and prevention, attending to lived experiences, diversifying methodologies, and situating recoveries. In this first paper, we outline what feminist approaches are and dig into some key tensions that arise when feminist approaches come to the table. These include critiques of sociocultural approaches to understanding eating disorders, the relationship between feminist approaches and biological and genetic attributions for eating disorders, and the role of men. We then offer a key contribution that feminist approaches have made to eating disorders scholarship: an invitation to unpack diagnostic approaches and situate eating disorders within the landscape of food, weight, and shape concerns in the twenty-first century.

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An open invitation to productive conversations about feminism and the spectrum of eating disorders (part 1): basic principles of feminist approaches

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“…These are contextualizing treatment, attending to lived experiences, expanding the meanings of “sociocultural influences,” diversifying methodologies, and situating recoveries. We do not address prevention in detail here because there is a substantial body of literature elsewhere that reviews the theories, methodologies, and findings of feminist approaches [ 4 – 7 ].…”

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An open invitation to productive conversations about feminism and the spectrum of eating disorders (part 2): Potential contributions to the science of diagnosis, treatment, and prevention

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The role of feminism in eating disorders research, treatment, and advocacy continues to be debated, with little agreement in sight about the role—or lack thereof—of feminist eating disorders work. In these debates, the opportunity to open fruitful conversations about eating disorders that generate new possibilities for researching, treating, and preventing them is missed. This article is the second in a series of two papers that invite such a discussion. In this article, we focus on five key contributions that feminist eating disorder work has made and can make moving forward. These are contextualizing treatment, attending to lived experiences, expanding the meanings of “sociocultural influences,” diversifying methodologies, and situating recoveries. We do not propose to offer a “final word” on feminisms and eating disorders, but instead to start conversations about how we understand, research, and treat eating disorders.

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