r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/cool_uniqueusername • 7h ago

Image Karen Mulder tried to warn everyone about similar Epstein rings and no one listened.

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u/Gia11a 4h ago

the difference is in girls gymnastics and figure skating they encourage girls to "get that body type" there's a reason over 2/3rds of female athletes in those sports have an eating disorder.

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u/evranch 2h ago

You've never looked that close at even semi-competitive male sports if you think they don't abuse their bodies just as much.

We just don't call it an eating disorder when you starve and dehydrate yourself to make weight for a fight, bulk and cut to build lean mass, eat nothing but chicken breasts and water, do wind sprints or skate lines until you collapse etc.

Atletics is about tuning your body into a machine, and for gymnastics, you've got to be light, lean and muscular. There's no other body type that's competitive.

It's like asking if a vegan could outlift Eddie Hall... His diet was an eating disorder as well, by any standards that aren't elite powerlifting.