The first thing that comes to mind reading this is the emphasis Americans tend to place on skinny, Barbie like figures. We see it everywhere from the checkout c

The first thing that comes to mind reading this is the emphasis Americans tend to place on skinny, Barbie like figures. We see it everywhere from the checkout counters at the grocery stores to the commercials on TV. Most women will never look like the covermodels, yet they're made to believe thats what it means to be beautiful. No wonder women are generally more unhappy now than they were a few decades ago. (But as the author states, it's probably not so simple.)