6. How does your work space or space for participation influence your eating habits?
7. What agreements can you establish in your workplace or space of participation to change harmful habits and promote respect for mealtimes… so that the importance of taking a moment of rest during the day and ensuring that you have a meal in peace can be legitimized?
3. Weight and body image The issue of body image is also linked to the diet. For many activists, particularly the younger ones, body image and weight are a source of constant anguish because they don’t meet aesthetic standards.41 For older activists, lack of attention to body image goes hand in hand with the overall lack of respect for the body and its needs. Many activists follow multiple diets and dietary regimes without practicing any form of exercise, which is harmful for the body. This situation often causes a conflict in terms of our image as activists expected to take a critical view of cultural stereotypes pertaining to women’s physical beauty. Answer these questions: 1. How do you feel about your body?
41. In the research project ‘Women, Youth and Activists: The status of self-care and self-defense in the face of gender violence’ (Mujeres, jóvenes y activistas: situación de auto cuidado y auto-defensa frente a la violencia de género), Mérida, Ciudad Juárez and Federal District (2004), it was found that 82% of young women activists think of their weight several times a day and 46% think that they should go on a diet to control their weight, having done so at various points of time.
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