This has been really illuminating for someone who has struggled with inherited body image disorders for much of my life. It was clear what came from the women in my family, but this put my father’s fierce hatred of his own body into better perspective (in light of his experiences of incarceration). I had felt the trauma, but couldn’t locate it. This feels very healing, thank you
Thank you so much for sharing this! I hadn't considered how a father's experience of body image struggles related to incarceration would impact his children, but now that you're saying it, it makes so much sense. I do think that overall we tend to emphasize the role of mothers on their daughter's body image as so critical, but of course fathers can have just as great (or even greater) of an impact.
This has been really illuminating for someone who has struggled with inherited body image disorders for much of my life. It was clear what came from the women in my family, but this put my father’s fierce hatred of his own body into better perspective (in light of his experiences of incarceration). I had felt the trauma, but couldn’t locate it. This feels very healing, thank you
Thank you so much for sharing this! I hadn't considered how a father's experience of body image struggles related to incarceration would impact his children, but now that you're saying it, it makes so much sense. I do think that overall we tend to emphasize the role of mothers on their daughter's body image as so critical, but of course fathers can have just as great (or even greater) of an impact.
This is such important work. Thank you Brittany and Jonathan for collecting and sharing these stories!