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Challenging assumptions about anorexic or depressed women, this study argues that it is time to examine more deeply the widespread prejudices within our society that lead thousands of young women to equate thinness with competence and success, and femininity with failure.

Achievement motivation in women. --- Anxiety in women. --- Depression in women. --- Eating disorders. --- Self-esteem in women. --- Sex role. --- Somatization disorder. --- Women --- Sociology of mental health of women --- Sociology --- Briquet's syndrome --- Somatization --- Somatoform disorders --- Gender role --- Sex (Psychology) --- Sex differences (Psychology) --- Social role --- Gender expression --- Sexism --- Self-respect in women --- Disorders of eating --- Eating, Pathological --- Eating disturbances --- Eating dysfunctions --- Pathological eating --- Appetite disorders --- Psychology, Pathological --- Depression, Mental, in women --- Depression, Mental --- Mental health --- Sociological aspects. --- Psychology --- Diseases --- Somatic symptom disorder. --- Achievement motivation in women --- Anxiety --- Eating disorders --- Self-esteem in women --- Angoisse --- Dépression --- Comportement alimentaire, Troubles du --- Estime de soi chez la femme --- Rôle selon le sexe --- Somatisation --- Sociological aspects --- Somatization disorder --- Gender roles --- Gendered role --- Gendered roles --- Role, Gender --- Role, Gendered --- Role, Sex --- Roles, Gender --- Roles, Gendered --- Roles, Sex --- Sex roles