Body image is a huge deal to women. They can't help but compare their body with other women's bodies. If women say they don't do that and that every woman's body is beautiful just the way it is then they probably have to work at that every day to ignore the fact that their are different body types and they are all unique in some kind of way. Some women gain weight in different parts of their body. For me, I gain no my sides and my belly. Some it is their thighs and butt. We were all made unique and as a result of that we all look different. This website talks about how we are constantly overwhelmed with media telling us we have to be a certain size and shape when it really isn't how we have to be. The first page of "Women's Bodies, Women's Health" talks about all the things our bodies are capable of and what we can do with them, so why do we let media tell us what we have to do or what we are supposed to look like? We have a million different things we can choose for our bodies, so go out and find what fits your body best!
http://www.d.umn.edu/~jvaleri/dissatisfaction%20with%20bodies.htm
I agree with you on what you are saying about how everyones body is different. Body image is a huge deal to women especially in high school and in college. Girls think they need to look a certain way or die their hair, be skinny and look good all the time just to impress a person. I can see though how some people that worry about that only temporarily and thats fine to do, but when it is taken the the advance where you have girls and some guys develop eating disorders due to either social criticism or maybe what one person said, can really effect how they look at oneself. People need to learn to embrace their body type and really love who they are because if this doesn't happen then they have more of a chance of not being happy in life.
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