way they look. It can define who they are as people. {Who they are or how they see themselves?]

To get ahead in this world you have to

look the "right" way. [Why? Too cliche.] The standard of what women should look like is very clearly put to

them. It is posted on billboards, in the magazines they read, where they shop, and

especially on television. The media plays the most significant role in projecting these

unhealthy ideals about weight. [We switched dramatically from general notions of women to weight]

Image standards affect women of all ages, races, and

statures; their presence is inescapable. From the first lady to your own mother, women are

judged and judge themselves by these standards. [The question then becomes why do it? How have we been encouraged to follow these standards.]

These images presented to us by the media define what the ideal woman looks like.

Naomi Wolf writes, in her book The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against

Women; "advertising is a 130 billion dollar a year industry. The average American watches

30 hours of TV a week and spends 110 hours

will always compete, and eating disorders will always be around. [So why won't this happen?] A lot of women know that

and 75% of "normal" weight women think they are too fat" (47). [Guide this quote.] Even women who are fully

prided [Awk.]characteristics in American culture. Women learn that working hard to keep this ideal

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