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Women and their bodies

            There are several aspects that contribute to a female idea of her own body image. The problem with the ideas is that they all are negative. Today's society forces it down a young girls throat that she must look like a supermodel to gain respect and love in today's society. Once a girl starts to care about clothes and gains interest in makeup is when, "if she is slightly overweight", begins to realize that she does not fit in. People may make fun of her, she will not be considered as sexually attractive to the opposite sex due to her weight. The fact of the matter is that a woman's body was developed to carry a child inside of her for nine months. Today's society doesn't seem to find this idea very powerful. The beauty of real women does not lie in her outer appearance. The advertisements and commercials lead the young girl to believe that she needs to look like super models in order to hold status in today's world. .
             Studies show that western civilizations ideal woman has been growing thinner with time. Where it used to be sexually appealing to be voluptuous and curvy it is now sexually attractive to be lean and angular. This new attitude towards the female body contradicts what it is supposed to look like. The female body holds a baby for nine months and then nurtures it afterwards. The fat around the lower stomach area of a woman is meant to be there for protection towards the unborn child and the woman's fertility. After the birth of a child a woman is usually the one who raises him or her. The upbringing of a child is a time consuming task. Women do not have nearly as much time to address their physical appearance when they are raising children. Women deny themselves food in order to lose the weight from the childbearing and remain sexually attractive to their husbands. Denying food to one self is not only unhealthy but irrational. The wife has to ensure that her husband and children get fed.


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1. Overview of Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Patients with the disorder are consumed by the thought that something about their body is extremely unattractive. ... Both OCD and BDD have early onset, a characteristically chronic course, and occurs equivalently in both men and women. ... Allen and Hollander (2000) used a great example in their article, which stated: From childhood, fairy tales tell us that beautiful women marry handsome princes and live happily ever after and that the wicked are ugly, whether they be witches or stepmothers. ... BDD can affect men and women contrarily. ... Standard concerns for women tend to be the hips, ski...

  • Word Count: 1279
  • Approx Pages: 5
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

2. Eating Dirorder and Body Image

If looks don't matter, then why are there so many young women harming themselves because they are unhappy with the way they look? ... According to a survey conducted by the Girl Scout Research Institute, 5 in 10 girls believe their family influences the way they feel about their bodies. ... Karla Fitzhugh, the author of Body Image stated that children will have bad thoughts about themselves and their own bodies if they grow up with parents who are dieting, have eating disorders, or speak about disliking their own bodies. People who were neglected or abused during their childhood are most ...

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3. Paul: Male Chauvinist of Proponent of Women

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  • Word Count: 2348
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4. Women In The Draft

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  • Word Count: 1043
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5. Women's Rights in Persia

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6. Paul's View of Women in the Church

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7. The Media and Its Effect on Women and Their Views of Their Bodies

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  • Word Count: 611
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  • Grade Level: High School

8. My Perspective on Women's Rights

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9. Women and Captivity on the Barbary Coast

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