To what have sociologists such as Bordo (1993) attributed the epidemic of anorexia in Western cultures?

1. A Option A: The social construction of mental illness through which normal patterns of behaviour are pathologised
2. B Option B: A generally ascetic frugal lifestyle that can be taken to extremes
3. C Option C: The new ideal of independent self-assured femininity combined with cultural values of achievement and control
4. D Option D: Traditional images of women as emotional domesticated and unassertive

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