The Empire of Images in Our World of Bodies

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Wow. I have to quote Elspode twice in the same day, and it's the same quote.

"Beauty is a sum, not a fraction."

I will speak only for myself. Since I am not a woman, young or old, I can't say for sure how those pressures listed in the article affect women and girls. But I can clearly and honestly say that the shape of a woman's breast or bottom matters less than her attitude, the way she carries herself, the way she speaks and thinks and acts. Those things dominate the perception of beauty. Including when those thoughts and actions and words center around how inadequate (or overadequate) she percieves herself to be in (unfair, unrealistic and unimportant) comparison to some media image.