Every woman has something about herself she'd like to change. That's a given. The question is, why? Obviously to feel sexier, prettier, more confident, better about herself. But why?
The world is not kind to women who don't fit that certain image. 
In western culture that image is thin, little to no curves, almost androgenous, full shiny hair, beautiful white smile, big doe eyes, and perky breasts. Why must we all fit that image? It's one of those questions that everyone tries to answer and no one has been able to, and furthermore, regardless of knowing it's wrong to believe it and to buy into it, women do; learning to starve themselves, deny themselves, exercise obsessively, buy liposuction, botox, facelifts, tummy tucks, and breast implants. Constantly I have heard the blame fall on the media. I agree, but only in part. Let's look at this for a moment. The women in magazines are skeletal clones of each other. On TV the women look pretty, happy, healthy even, but if you were to actually see one of these ladies who wear a size 0 (or even 00) they would appear sickly! They would be scorned for being "too thin"
The public blames the media for only showing the obscenely skinny, yet, what happens when a "full figured" woman (who is likely no bigger than an 8 in reality)? The audience turns their lips up and sneers at the "chubby" girl, and demands to see the ideal: the skinny.
How can we keep blaming the media when they are only serving up what is demanded?
(for the record: kate moss is a 0 and the model on the right is an 8)
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