http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/AntiAna/ Encouraging Anorexia is a disgusting thing that should be STOPPED. People say it's their choice but that's only true for a small amount of time before skipping a few meals suddenly turns into uncontrollable crash dieting, bulimia and many other horrible things. How can girls honestly believe that the skin and bones is gorgeous? It's sick, it's twisted and it's just not right. There aren't just two ways of life - Skinny or fat. There's the right option - Fit and healthy. Websites encouraging girls to starve themselves with dangerous competitions and ridiculous ''thinspiration'' images and stories should be shut down forever. I am 13 years old and I know this is something I would never be able to do even if I tried. If I felt I needed to get thin quick, I wouldn't bring up my food each meal or stop eating altogether. I just couldn't do it. I would start taking a run around my block once or twice a day and drink water when I feel like eating snacks between snack times. I would never turn to something this horrible. It's wrong and it is NOT, for God's sake NOT beautiful! It's repulsive! People with anorexia think that it'll all be worth it in the end when they're skinny and gorgeous, but it's time they faced the harsh truth. The end result of anorexia is almost always hospitalisation, rehabilitation clinics and disturbingly often, death. Alot of the girls who suffer from this disorder don't realise that guys don't like it. They find the bones sticking out of your skin and the visible ribs absolutely horrifying. Ask any teenage boy you know and you can bet that they'd much rather curvy, glowing and bubbly women as appose to thin, sickly and pale ones. Remember: SKIN AND BONES IS NOT BEAUTIFUL. Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:1:41 CDT en-us 3 http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/AntiAna/#sig5775226 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. Im doing a projects on how pro ana websites are terrible terrible things and how they should be stopped. I agree one hundred percent that pro ana websites are sick! http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/AntiAna/#sig5712008 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/AntiAna/#sig5468365 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/AntiAna/#sig5439850 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support the fight against pro-ana, as i struggle with an eating disorder and it should not be glamorized or encouraged. I just am angry because most people with eating disorders arent shallow and dont do it to be as thin as models. It is brought on by psychological problems and an eating disorder is a form of a coping skill. I am upset to read that people believe that anorexics do it just to get thin and that its because this society is all about being thin. That\'s not at all what it\'s about and it really doesnt have anything to do with the food itself. Feelings of pain and sadness are expressed through the struggle with food. Please do not think that people who struggle with anorexia nervosa are shallow and just want to lose a few pounds http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/AntiAna/#sig5422372 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I DO NOT support this petition. It is INSULTING to say that \"skin and bones is not beautiful\". What if a person is naturally very skinny? Apparently they\'re \"less\" of a person because of it? Apparently you think it\'s okay to tell ALL teenage boys that they should ONLY be attracted to curvy women? Use your brains, people. You are ignorant. STOP BASING PEOPLE\'S WORTH ON THEIR LOOKS. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/AntiAna/#sig5182667 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. This will not cure anorexia, but it will help to prevent it from spreading and worsening. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/AntiAna/#sig4972930 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. This is quite disgusting and how people can harm there bodies like this I will never know we should be stopping it not encouraging it! http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/AntiAna/#sig4885657 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST The fact that these sites continue to flourish is appalling. I first handedly experienced the negative effects that pro-anorexia, or “pro-ana”, causes. Last year, I joined one of the largest pro-ana sites on the internet because they claimed to be a place of emotional support, and as a victim of anorexia, I felt alone and misunderstood. I would like to point out that Pro-ana sites do not intentionally encourage people to starve themselves; unfortunately, those who subscribe to these forums are suffering from a mental illness and are in no state of mind to be offering advice to vulnerable strangers. Without knowing it, their “support” for one another actually drives each other deeper into a life of self harm and deadly habits. I witnessed this daily, but I was so consumed by my disease that I didn’t even realize what was happening. For example, a user would write a post about how upset they were with themselves for eating 300 calories in one day, and within several minutes they would receive numerous responses comforting them and telling them they could jog it off, or make up for it by fasting the following day. Don’t get angry with these people, because they THINK they are saying the right thing, but they aren’t! They should be saying that they need to eat more, but how can they convince someone else of that when they can’t even convince themselves? As an avid user of the website, I did not see anything wrong with the encouragement I was receiving until I was hospitalized. I still can’t visit any pro-ana links in fear of reading the posts and relapsing. Anorexia is an extremely dangerous condition and pro-ana websites only feed the unhealthy mindset of those who suffer from it. Please, stop these sites from causing more damage than they have already done for me and countless other individuals. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/AntiAna/#sig4874745 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition 100%. I am dying of anorexia/stupidness. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/AntiAna/#sig4833773 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/AntiAna/#sig4750900 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/AntiAna/#sig4740627 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/AntiAna/#sig4702214 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/AntiAna/#sig4487129 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/AntiAna/#sig4484865 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. and i will always support something like this as i went through this thinking it was beautiful when i nearly killed myself, whoever think that this is right are seriously sick in the head!! http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/AntiAna/#sig4484849 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. It's disgusting! http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/AntiAna/#sig4484845 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/AntiAna/#sig4484843 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. Suck it. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/AntiAna/#sig4484840 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/AntiAna/#sig4484833 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition.