History of an internet stereotype: “women not eating full meals” and “girl dinner”

Question

Where did this thing come from? Along with the stereotype of girls drinking coffee and eating nothing else? And the “almond mom” thing? Do women not eat? What’s the history of this cultural thingy?

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Answer 1

Since about the 1970s it has been fashionable for women to be very thin. Thus lots of extreme dieting, eating disorders, and jokes about the same.