1. A Thin Ideal
... No matter how hard one tries, they will never achieve the look and figure they want. They always see themselves as "too fat- - this is an eating disorder. And the problem is getting worse. Over recent years, society's ideal women keeps getting thinner and thinner and much more difficult for people to ... imitate. During the Victorian era, a plump, fleshy, and full-figured body was the feminine ideal. In the fifties, curvaceous women like Marilyn Monroe and Doris Day were idolized as the epitome of perfection. It was during ... the sixties with British model Twiggy that the media's "thi...
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