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You have zero evidence of that happening.

and even if it happened how is that worse than young men being brainwashed into playing American football from which we have tons of documented evidence of severe and permanent injury? We have proof of how harmful field hockey is to young women. But nobody is campaigning to ban that. Hmmmmm. Why would that be? Oh, there's a sex-phobic Puritan tradition that makes us feel all icky about something, so we make up dumb stories about eating disorders. You're lying to yourself.

and parents out of their minds? Yeah, that's a bad situation. but treating one minor symptom of that problem doesn't turn them into good parents. The real problem remains.

Eating disorders? Talk to a wrestler or gymnast. They can tell you all about that shit.