A lot of things are considered, "Un-Nigerian".... Homosexuality, Feminism, and .... Eating Disorders. No Nigerian I know, and I know a lot of Nigerians, has ever admitted to having, or claimed know of someone who had an eating disorder. They just don't exist on the general plane of consciousness for Nigerians, and any attempt to discuss eating disorders with friends, family, acquiantances, and strangers of the Nigerian variety are swiftly met with dismissal, disbelief, and sometimes, straight up derision. Responses range from
Disordered Eating in the Land of Denial
Disordered Eating in the Land of Denial
A lot of things are considered, "Un-Nigerian".... Homosexuality, Feminism, and .... Eating Disorders. No Nigerian I know, and I know a lot of Nigerians, has ever admitted to having, or claimed know of someone who had an eating disorder. They just don't exist on the general plane of consciousness for Nigerians, and any attempt to discuss eating disorders with friends, family, acquiantances, and strangers of the Nigerian variety are swiftly met with dismissal, disbelief, and sometimes, straight up derision. Responses range from
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