... . This is determined by genetics and no diet will ever allow the average size girl to be that thin. In order for a woman to be healthy, she should have at least 17% to 22% body fat. Store mannequins for example, would only have 10% body fat if they were real women. Women believe ... body type and shape is unique, however the media portraying the "model perfect?body has caused girls to go to extremes to achieve this ideal body image. There are many girls that strive so hard to look like the models they see in magazines that they actually start to do unhealthy ... to view one's own body fr...

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... woman was a size 12. Now, with perfection being the Penelope Cruz's and Paris Hiltons of the world, the ideal dress size is considerably smaller, more around a size 1 or 2. Girls are literally risking their lives for this appearance. Advertising also plays a major role in American teenage anorexia. Jean Kilbourne, creator of Killing Us Softly, says that with advertising objectifying women's bodies, women are becoming ... they are very frail. This is advertising that weak, frail, women are what should be normal, and praised, because the models are beautiful. Teenage depression also has l...

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... . But cultural influences are not always a normal thing especially when it comes to women. In society, especially in the last twenty years, the ideal woman has been glorified as being tall, blond and extremely thin also known as cocaine models because they looked like addicts in some cases. Of course ... sign of depression and a lack of self esteem a girl who is absolutely beautiful will see herself as fat and ugly and limit her intake of food, even when she gets so underweight it is difficult for her to stand up. 9 out of 10 teenage girls and women in the United States will develop the ...

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Living in A Perfect World It is difficult as a teenage girl to see the long-legged models on the television and in magazine that show what women are "supposed" to look like. I remember staring down at my own body, ... objects in the media These standards that women are expected to live up to cause them to go to great lengths to achieve their desired look. Women alone are responsible for 80% of individual spending in the United States. (Cohan 324) Much of what they spend their time and money on is looking more like the models in the ... is put under a spell. Instead of seeing a woman's real a...

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