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This 3 page essay explores body image in American society and how it is important in respect to self-esteem. Several issues are broached, inclusive of how media views women. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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of weight. Is it healthy to be so skinny? Calista has been categorized as possibly anorexic, a charge that she vehemently denies, and while men contend that these women are
just too skinny, the truth is that even women do not want to be quite that thin. Still, these women project a childlike body image that is not at all
what the female form is usually like and while many models are not that thin, they come very close. Some writers have prompted women to look at the real women
around them. It has been said that the average woman wears a size 14. Yet, most models probably wear around a size 0. Model Carre Otis used to
be a size 4 but decided to go off her 17 year diet and is currently a size 12 model--which is considered plus size--and is making just as much money
as previously (Tauber and Hannah 133). She explains that the average woman has curves and while shes not gigantic, shes not skinny either (133). The fact that most women are
larger than what society tells her should sound an alarm. There is nothing more obvious than the fact that the American culture is telling women that they should be very,
very thin. While perhaps some women can shrug off such images--like Camryn Manheim who wrote a book about how she accepted her weight --the truth is that even those who
do lash out at the media, face the critical public eye. People who claim to accept themselves the way they are, and make a statement about it, are often
criticized not only by media, but by doctors as well. While there is debate as to how much fat someone may carry without it affecting morbidity and morality, many physicians
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