Heather McDougal talked to 5th and 6th graders about how the ideal body image of women has changed over time, from the corsets of 100 years ago to the Photoshopped images of today. And the modern altered bodies and altered images are the hardest ideal to even consider living up to. As an example, contrast the image of Usula Andress in the 1962 movie Dr. No with one of Halle Berry in the 2002 movie Die Another Day.
The thing that disturbs me most about these two images is how our daughters must feel about themselves when they see them. The girls in 1962, seeing Ursula rising from the waves in Dr. No, knew that what they were seeing was a real woman, something they could aspire to (if that was what they wanted). Seeing Halle Barry, above, holds no such comforts, particularly when digital film has so much option for smoothing out those flaws. Such perfection is absolutely outside the realm of anyone who is honest with themselves. They might as well throw themselves against a brick wall, because you can't live, and breathe, and be that perfect. It's impossible, and our daughters know it.
When she presented the changing ideal image of men, she found fewer changes over time, but a difference between what men and what women consider ideal. Read the rest at Cabinet of Wonders. Link
After that, how you look is up to genetics, scrubbing-up and exercise.
As it is, most women coast on their youth, then starve themselves to look good, then fall apart.
The margin for error in women who actually Do eat is very very small. (I think it may be due to lower total lean mass[?])
->Meaning, you have to have Extremely good nutrition.
The other part of the equation is that because of most processing or restaurant recipes, it is APOCALYPTICALLY easy to 1)overeat and 2)get bad nutrition.
They MUST study up; even moreso than the average person.
It is the only way.
Will L, I believe women who eat ARE average persons.
But that would take effort, make a smart voter population, and take a huge bite out of the current Sheeple effect - so don't hold your breath.
I'm sure this is a mentality everyone can learn...
And how the f**k are we supposed to know the difference?
Sorry but I find your statement pretty useless.
How about being for adding a tag to every digitally altered image indicating it has been digitally altered?
At least that is saying something useful.
Ummmm...aren't the women in porn real women? By "real" do you mean women who don't like to explore their bodies and experiment? Because I guess I have been having relationships with fake women...I should have known my wife was just a robot...
^This.
Women: lack reason and accountability.
What I meant by the 1st sentence was more like, "Eat VERY Properly.
-Not just put the food in their mouths, chew, and swallow.
->To get Scrupulously good nutrition. Ie:
The exact right # of calories (no more, definitely Not less),
exact right # grams of protein,
exactly right amt & types of carbs,
right amt + types of fats,
at the exactly right times of day.
-ALL while avoiding the bad stuff 98% of the time,
except for small, strategic cheats."
Returning to what I mentioned earlier: in my travels I've noticed a trend that it's generally harder for Women to drop fat & gain muscle than it is for Men.
Exercise alone is a blunt instrument and not nearly enough. Great nutrition works like Magic.
Obviously, Halle Berry achieved this. Obviously, she wasn't photoshopped while the movie was being filmed. That'as a lot of airbrushing for each frame. Obviously, this is attainable. For some. Not for everybody.
What's more alarming is look what global warming's done to the sky behind them.