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The document discusses the American ideal of beauty for women and its negative impacts. It suggests that society needs to change its definition of femininity to be less focused on women's bodies and physical appearance. Specifically, it recommends (1) reducing the emphasis on thinness, (2) educating society to embrace women of all shapes and sizes, and (3) boycotting fashion magazines that perpetuate unrealistic beauty standards.

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The document discusses the American ideal of beauty for women and its negative impacts. It suggests that society needs to change its definition of femininity to be less focused on women's bodies and physical appearance. Specifically, it recommends (1) reducing the emphasis on thinness, (2) educating society to embrace women of all shapes and sizes, and (3) boycotting fashion magazines that perpetuate unrealistic beauty standards.

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ALFANUARI 19019002

INTERMEDIATE READING

ANSWERS

1. Reduce the Perception of Thinness


2. The Americana Opinion of Beauty.
3. a. Beyond this, there are further steps that ought to be taken so that women can
have a healthier and more positive sense of themselves.

b. It is no wonder that American women are obsessed with thinness.

c. American society prescription of what it means to be feminine needs a rewrite.

d. Another method that can be used to alleviate the emphasis placed on the ideal
figure is through education.

e. Since many American women will go to extraordinary lengths to be thin, the only
solution for this growing problem is to attempt to understand why it has become
such an obsession.

4. We as a society must change the emphasis to be on the mind rather than on the
body, so women will be more confident.

5. Current definitions of femininity are dictated by a social system that gains control
over women by defining them primarily in terms of their bodies. In order to see
change, women must challenge the industries that feed upon body insecurity. They
need to change the messages that women absorb daily. One method would be to
stop purchasing the very fashion magazines that have been allowed to define
femininity. Large-scale boycotts of these fashion magazines can lead to major
change of the feminine ideal.

6. To be pretty by American society standards means being thin. Many American


women are obsessed with being thin because of the images in magazines, TV
commercials and billboard posters put an exaggerated emphasis on women's
bodies. However, education is needed to stress the new message that women of all
shapes and sizes can be beautiful. So, we as a society must change the emphasis to
be on the mind rather than on the body, so women will be more confident.

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