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How does gender identity overlap with eating disorders?

Fear of being perceived as feminine

with Kayti Protos, MSW, LCSW 

(1:43 min)

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Key Terms:

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  • Gender dysphoria: Distress endured from incongruence between gender identity and sex assigned at birth 
     

  • Misgender: Incorrectly gendering someone, usually through name, pronouns, or other gendered terms

Helpful Hint:​

 
Avoid assuming that the eating disorder is connected to gender identity.

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Sometimes it is, sometimes it is not.

 

Best way to find out?

 

Ask the client!

(Duffy et al., 2016; Jones et al., 2016; Protos, 2020; Wagner & Stevens, 2017)

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