Pro-Ana Sites

Pro Anorexia (Pro-Ana) is an on line movement made up of websites, chat rooms and message boards that support anorexia.

Unlike websites designed to help remove anorexia tendencies, pro anorexia websites are created to help support anorexia and negative body image. The pro anorexia websites typically contain on line journals, tips and tricks for successful anorexia, pictures of thin women, quotations, and chat rooms or message boards where the women can communicate.

Many of the websites clearly state that they are not about recovery, but regard anorexia as a lifestyle and conscious choice, not an illness or disorder.

Web servers are continuing to remove pro anorexia and pro bulimia sites as they appear.

I was shocked by what I’ ve read and seen on these sites.

I have heard aboot such movements in Judging Amy.

Pretty sick..but well if they think that's a good idea, why should I tell them it isn't. (I know that those are probably mentally very unstable people, but to forbid them to make websites and visit them is pretty fascist)

Because it factually isn't a good idea. It's dangerous and to encourage it to impressionable young girls who may stumble upon their horseshit website is even more dangerous.

That is true, but personally I'd rather allow free speech in this instance than worry about someone seeing a website and then actively pursuing a clearly bad lifestyle choice. Weird idea though.

Something like this could do a lot of damage to someone who is recovering from anorexia, though...I can't say I've ever heard of this before, but it's pretty messed up.

I heard of these websites, along with the ones which help and encourage people to commit suicide. They give them means and ways, plan the suicide notes and the like...

I have visited few journals of the girls who are persuing this, and i can also say that I was rather disturbed.

They also keep a list of how much weight they have lost and how much they are hoping to lose and frankly its scary.

It is very dangerous - today's youth does not need a lot of encouragment to do something stupid. Self-hate potrayed in beauty magazines may not be blatant, but its certainly there.

Keep in mind the people/companies that own the web servers have every right to decide what is and isn't appropriate for their business. They don't want something like this, which would cause a large amount of negative press and negative reactions by the general public to be located on their private servers and related to their company. It's not like the government is shutting the websites down or anything.

Originally posted by BackFire
Keep in mind the people/companies that own the web servers have every right to decide what is and isn't appropriate for their business. They don't want something like this, which would cause a large amount of negative press and negative reactions by the general public to be located on their private servers and related to their company. It's not like the government is shutting the websites down or anything.

Precisely - the people who own the servers themselves can remove whatever they want at their own discretion. When you sign up for hosting, whether or paid or free, you have to agree to their terms and if you don't and they find it, your site is gone.

Originally posted by BackFire
Keep in mind the people/companies that own the web servers have every right to decide what is and isn't appropriate for their business. They don't want something like this, which would cause a large amount of negative press and negative reactions by the general public to be located on their private servers and related to their company. It's not like the government is shutting the websites down or anything.

It would only move to blogs anyway.

Originally posted by BackFire
Keep in mind the people/companies that own the web servers have every right to decide what is and isn't appropriate for their business. They don't want something like this, which would cause a large amount of negative press and negative reactions by the general public to be located on their private servers and related to their company. It's not like the government is shutting the websites down or anything.

Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
It would only move to blogs anyway.

Which are still hosted on webservers which are subject to the rules and the people who own those servers can still remove them at their discretion.

Well and that is totally fair. But I think the government shouldn't tell them what to say.

They aren't.

Originally posted by Lana
Which are still hosted on webservers which are subject to the rules and the people who own those servers can still remove them at their discretion.

Indeed...I'm not really sure where we are all going with this point anyway.

Originally posted by BackFire
They aren't.

Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
Indeed...I'm not really sure where we are all going with this point anyway.

Hell if I know.

The only way sites like this can stay up is if the people who own the buy and run their own servers....which is expensive as hell.

What are people's views on the censorship of a personal blog detailing someone's own anorexia in a non-negative way?

Originally posted by Storm
Pro Anorexia (Pro-Ana) is an on line movement made up of websites, chat rooms and message boards that support anorexia.

Unlike websites designed to help remove anorexia tendencies, pro anorexia websites are created to help support anorexia and negative body image. The pro anorexia websites typically contain on line journals, tips and tricks for successful anorexia, pictures of thin women, quotations, and chat rooms or message boards where the women can communicate.

Many of the websites clearly state that they are not about recovery, but regard anorexia as a lifestyle and conscious choice, not an illness or disorder.

Web servers are continuing to remove pro anorexia and pro bulimia sites as they appear.

I was shocked by what I’ ve read and seen on these sites.

Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
What are people's views on the censorship of a personal blog detailing someone's own anorexia in a non-negative way?

Again, it's the right of the owner of the website that hosts the blog to decide what is and isn't appropriate for their site. If they think it's glorifying it to the point of danger then I think it's fine if they remove it.

Originally posted by BackFire
Again, it's the right of the owner of the website that hosts the blog to decide what is and isn't appropriate for their site. If they think it's glorifying it to the point of danger then I think it's fine if they remove it.

Obviously...if they don't it is too.

Originally posted by BackFire
Again, it's the right of the owner of the website that hosts the blog to decide what is and isn't appropriate for their site. If they think it's glorifying it to the point of danger then I think it's fine if they remove it.

Well, we are going to have a tough time completely protecting the people that would emulate an anorexic because her (or his) blog said it was a good thing to do.