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Persuasive Speech On Eating Disorders

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Has anybody realized that disney makes all of their princesses very slim and slender? It’s unrealistic, makes people uncomfortable and what is the message that Disney is try to tell their young viewers? There is a lot of different body types and all of them are beautiful! What kind of message is Disney try to tell their young viewers? That to be beautiful girls have to be skinny? That’s not right! Is disney encouraging bulimia and anorexia? It makes people uncomfortable about their bodies. Some people think 100 pounds is overweight for a 13 year old. It’s not. Why hasn’t Disney made an obese princess?

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