Help with body image

[Dogmama]

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Then - I had an epiphany! It is absolutely 100% true that Hollywood and magazines have totally skewed women's body images. It is very unusual to see a woman with a "perfect" body or even hollywood's definition of a "nice" or "acceptable" body!

It's a shame that show business doesn't do the same thing to men . . .

But Hollywood is playing to an audience - us! Until our society speaks out loudly, we'll continue to be inundated with Victoria Secret women. As women, we need to object to descriptives such as "cow" or "fat pig." We should educate our daughters that buying a Victoria Secret push-up bra doesn't mean you'll look like them (especially if you have nothing to push up, like me!).

The bigger picture is that we need to redefine our definition of beauty. The best way is to vote with our pocketbook. Don't buy from stores that promote unhealthy, unattainable female body images. Write letters to the companies, to editors, tell your friends. That is the way paradigms are changed - when we realize that the old dominant paradigms no longer serve us.

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