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Sample descriptive outline and summary Fat is a Feminist Issue by Susie Arroba Descriptive Outline Paragraphs 1 & 2 Paragraphs 3 & 4 Paragraphs 5 -8 Paragraph 9 Us Mary Arroba dilate the epidemic of obesity in American women, the emotional effects of overeating on women, and lists commonly held views about the causes of obesity. Arroba suggests that womens obesity is in fact a contest to gender stereotypes and should be viewed as a societal illness, not a personal failing.In this persona of the text, Arroba argues that womens inferior societal position is the result of a centuries-long stamp that womens biology makes them fit for the limited roles of wife and mother. In order to achieve this status, however, Arroba states that a woman must have a man, which makes her seclusions and keenly aware of herself as an object for the pleasure of men. A woman therefore is highly susceptible to the vagaries of fashion, media, and make-up in an effort to make her more ascribable to men.Arro ba concludes by stating that, despite the many changes in fashion trends, being thin is consistently viewed as positive, and necessary, for women, and that, as a result, obesity may express rebellion against the strictures of cue audition conformity women face. Arroba uses her introductory paragraphs to establish the context of her discussion about womens obesity in the United States. Arroba begins to make her argument, offering a feminist explanation of womens obesity, alleging that avoirdupois weight is n expression of independence.Her parallel structure Caftan is) suggests ownership of an otherwise unattractive quality fat itself. Arroba logically and methodically builds her argument in this section of the text, moving from biology to culture, in order to persuade the reader that the epidemic of female obesity may, in fact, be a feminist choice -? rather than the availability of unhealthy food, lack of exercise,