Body Image
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Why are so many women unhappy with their bodies? Many women in today's society view their bodies negatively. The media today, stresses the importance of achieving an "ideal" body type. This makes it difficult for us and for everyone to accept an individual's natural beauty because the media stresses this unnatural body type. Speaking logically, an average woman today with a height of 5'4" weighs approximately 140 to 150 pounds. Most fashion models today are thinner than 98% of most American women. This is absurd when you think of women stressing the importance of achieving this "ideal" body type. These pressures put on by society in general, causes women to have a negative body image. This then causes women to go absurd ways to meet society's expectations also causing other forms of disorders such as anorexia, bulimia and depression.
In society today the media put images in our minds...