The root cause is usually more like trauma, abuse, rape, self esteem issues, loss of control. Something has to go quite badly wrong for an ED to start.  People need to point this out publicly.  Barbie dolls aren't the cause of EDs. I had a coworker whose uncle got drafted to Vietnam.  Afterwards, he became a drug dealer and did all sorts of shit.  That didn't happen because of dope fiends at Woodstock, it happened because something went quite badly wrong.