Reaction to Sharlene Hesse-Biber's Am I Thin Enough Yet?

It seems that of many of the issues and problems facing society today, few workable solutions are to be proposed. Psychology often takes the role of addressing these pressing problems such as suicide, eating disorders, and so forth, but in the search for a solution the field often ignores the wider social forces involved in these problems. In order to more fully understand these issues and work towards a solution, people need to examine these …

…factor could possibly be seen as undermining her argument as a whole. In conclusion, Hesse-Biber's research, although convincing in a sociological perspective, fails to take into account the role of psychology. An even more convincing future study that could be conducted would be one that brings the fields of sociology and psychology together. By attacking the problem in unison, new theories might be found on what causes eating disorders and new solutions could be proposed.