Women go through a vicious cycle. They feel bad about the way they look because no matter how hard they try their legs will never be five inches longer, slender, and with the perfect tan. Their hair will never be the perfect color, with absolutely no dead ends, completely soft and, again, perfect. Their faces will never be completely blemish free, the perfect complexion, the right color of eyes, and the right sha

Men constantly see these vulnerable, sexual women in advertisements, and for some reason, it makes them feel they have some power over women. This leads to abuse. I am not just talking about physical abuse, but also mental and sexual abuse. Men begin not only feeling like they have power over women, but making the women they are around feel the same way. Men treat women’s bodies with little respect, acting as though it is just some “thing” there for them to use as they wish, never giving a thought to what the women’s desires are. As Margaret Atwood says:

and have substantial personal sexual life at the same time

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