Why do you desire slim body? [Mimetic desire]

Many people will choose weight loss as a New Year's resolution.

Why do we so desperately desire weight loss?

Have you ever questioned whether the body aesthetics you pursue might be influenced by outside factors that have nothing to do with you?⁠

Ever considered that your goal to build an amazing butt isn’t authentically yours...but someone or something else's?

Ever considered that you aren't being fully responsible for choosing to diet?

Or that your “body goal” only mimics the desire of the culture around you?

 

French social scientist, René Gérard calls this "Mimetic Desire", the theory that you unconsciously mimic the desires of others. We often want things because others have them or want them. Usually, we don’t “desire” anything without outside influence.⁠

 

In today’s podcast episode I want to share with you how mimetic desire, in a sense, is responsible for the formation of our negative body image and disordered eating behaviours. I’m also going to mention a research study conducted in Fiji that shows how being exposed to Western shows influenced the incidence of eating disorders amongst Fijian females.

This episode encourages self-reflection by showing you that our desires don’t come from within; rather, we mimic what other people want. However, just because you are not the sole author of your desires, that doesn’t mean you can’t begin to take ownership of them.

 

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