something I've noticed in novels, maybe you have too

[ensho]

I'm talking about novels written in the last 10 or so yrs. and written by women.

it seems the women in the novels are always not eating because of emotions. food is ordered in restaurants and then not eaten because the woman is so upset. or she can't eat at home, etc.

or they are so emotional and busy that don't even think about eating and let mealtime go by.

what's with this? are today's real women like that? this doesn't have anything to do with weight. but everything to do with emotion.

many of the women are supposed to be tough, hardy women. these types just forget to eat.

I read this in novel after novel and it pisses me off. plus I think of the food and money wasted. even if its only in a novel.

is it a statement of our times, or what?