Anorexia in gay men. Is it a form of self-abuse?

[JayQueer]

I was at the Pavilions (grocery store) in West Hollywood last week. And I kept bumping into all of these gay men of different ages. One of the gay men looked about 25. He was about 5ft7 and I would guess only 90 lbs. He was in front of me in the check out lane. I noticed there was only celery, soy milk and some organic diet bars in his basket. Nothing but vegan organic food.

What made me really notice him was when the 25-year old gay man kept on staring longingly at the bread, dairy products and other grocery items other people were purchasing. I remembered I saw him earlier circling around the bakery section, smelling the warm scent of the french rolls and pastries being made. But he was too scared to even eat one bite of any food item that would make him gain any weight. It made me mad to watch this gay man literally wasting away. He was so skinny & lean, even the women in West Hollywood looked bigger and heavier than him.

Should gay men who are anorexic or neurotic about their body image, to the point of starving themselves to be skinny or using steroids to achieve a ripped muscular body -- seek treatment for their eating disorders or body dysmorphic disorders?

I would really love to get your opinions on this.


(Please let's not turn this into an anorexic bashing thread. Thank you)

 

[refujiunderground]

i've heard about this. they talked about that on that adonis factor movie. it's really sad where people will go outthere way to abuse themselves whether it's starving or pumping their body full of roids just to get another person's attention. like it's not worth killing yourself over.

 

[Soilwork]

JayQueer... For someone who rants like an insane fiend about how much you hate gay people and west Hollywood, the gay people in west Hollywood and the gay bars that gay people go in west Hollywood... Do you really expect us to believe that you were grocery shopping in west Hollywood when you claim to live in orange county?

And... Didn't you once tell us that you were once walking out of a pizza place in west Hollywood and some crazed vegan verbally attacked you for eating pizza that wasn't vegan?

Why would you go to such a violent place?

Arent you worried about being mauled by ravenous gay people? That was very reckless of you to go to such a dangerous place. Think of the children!!!

 

[Soilwork]

For the record... Since we all know you're making this up (like you made up the lies that you can pee on people while naked in the streets of San francisco and that happy meals are illegal there), maybe you can tell us why you are so desperate to spread absurd and made up stories about west hollywood and the people there?

Other than the undeniable fact that you hate gay people even more than you hate yourself?

 

[Soilwork]

And in this made up story, why were you stalking a guy in a grocery store?

Don't you think that's a bit creepy?

Will your next made up story be about all of the anti-gay people who claim to live in orange county who stalk people through grocery stores in gay areas?

Or no... How you think organic food should be illegal like happy meals in San Francisco?

 

[Soilwork]

And you are aware that you can get organic vegan bread, right?

There are brands other than Wonder Bread.

Why would this made-up waif in your made-up story be staring longingly at bread when he could just... Buy bread?And it's not like he was on a low-carb diet, since the made-up products in his made-up basket were 2/3 things that are high in carbs.

Honestly... You need better made-up stories.

How about you rant about how they arrested the owner of Chik Fil A in new York?

 

[Soilwork]

Oh, I get it.

This is a parody of jaydens thread.

 

[JayQueer]

JayQueer... For someone who rants like an insane fiend about how much you hate gay people and west Hollywood, the gay people in west Hollywood and the gay bars that gay people go in west Hollywood... Do you really expect us to believe that you were grocery shopping in west Hollywood when you claim to live in orange county?

And... Didn't you once tell us that you were once walking out of a pizza place in west Hollywood and some crazed vegan verbally attacked you for eating pizza that wasn't vegan?

Why would you go to such a violent place?

Arent you worried about being mauled by ravenous gay people? That was very reckless of you to go to such a dangerous place. Think of the children!!!

Soilwork,

I'm flattered that you took the effort to get so worked up over this......

But if you took a minute to notice, that this thread is actually a parody of Jayden's "Obesity in children" thread....

http://www.justusboys.com/forum/showthread.php?t=370971

I took what Jayden said, and just changed a few words around to make it about an anorexic gay man in WEHO....

For some reason you guys get a real kick out of making fun of obese & overweight people like me........

So I decided to turn the tables so you guys could get a taste of how it feels for us obese gay guys.

 

[JayQueer]

Oh, I get it.

This is a parody of jaydens thread.

Yup..

Your tirade against me was hilarious though......

 

[Soilwork]

Except that story is real and yours is made up. So he has a valid argument and you're being a twit as usual. And your thread isn't about turning the tables, it's just another juvenile swipe at gay men who don't cower in the closet.

Since I'm reasonably sure you're not jayden's sock puppet (he'd come up with something more entertaining and less annoying), are you also stalking jayden like your made-up anorexic gay vegan?

Wait... Maybe jayden is also made up. Maybe I am too.

Maybe I'm not really jasun and I just hacked his account.

Fucked up.

 

[Soilwork]

Yup..

Your tirade against me was hilarious though......

All of my tirades are hilarious.

That's why I go off on them and they named a smiley after me.

 

[Corny]

If it's a parody, it's very bad one - it misses Jayden's point entirely. He is talking about parents who allow this happening to their kids. You talk about grown-ups who make their own decision.

Apart from that - anorexia is a disease. No matter your sexuality or gender.

 

[Telstra]

wow,
Soilwork consecutive posts are abit strange ...

Anyway, too skinny or too fat is no good.
Too fat is more of a problem tho.

 

[palbert]

Why make a mockery of a real medical problem?

 

[MoufOfKhaos]

Why make a mockery of a real medical problem?

That didn't stop the first thread and with JayQueer making this "parody" it's so expected that i'm amazed people carry on like he's capable of real thought.

 

[Beachguyj]

 

[Ninja108]

Should that be a shock? Yes obesity is bad and needs to be dealt with but we also have this thing in society that unless you're wafer thin,you're ugly.

 

[Musik2400]

I voted for a cocktail because the poll is silly. Anorexia and body dimorphism is a disease regardless of the sufferer's sexual orientation. Its a disease among all men, not just gay ones.

 

[Benvolio]

Those of us fighting weight would like to get some of that anexoria. Anyone who can put it in pill form will make a fortune.

 

[ILLBFIRE]

Soilwork,

I'm flattered that you took the effort to get so worked up over this......

But if you took a minute to notice, that this thread is actually a parody of Jayden's "Obesity in children" thread....

http://www.justusboys.com/forum/showthread.php?t=370971

I took what Jayden said, and just changed a few words around to make it about an anorexic gay man in WEHO....

For some reason you guys get a real kick out of making fun of obese & overweight people like me........

So I decided to turn the tables so you guys could get a taste of how it feels for us obese gay guys.

Haha I just finished reading Jaydens thread...to funny JayQueer