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There’s a lot traditionally passed down through Asian families: values, traditions, language. Pressure to be thin also seems to be on the list for Asian American women. Take, for instance, the Reddit discussion titled “Asian moms and their terrible body image issues.” “I was always told that I was too fat, but at the same time my mom shows her love through food and is always shoving food at me,” a user wrote.
The study suggests that the cultural value of thinness is intergenerational in Chinese culture. Chinese women reported thin ideal internalization throughout their lifetimes, whereas white Western women’s view of thinness as ideal diminished as they got older. Research has also found that the Chinese idealization of thinness is connected to the belief that meeting that ideal has socioeconomic benefits, such as attracting male partners, a phenomenon Hanson called “body as currency.
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