"[Men] should like me just as I am, but I am a child of Cosmopolitan culture, have been traumatized by supermodels and know that neither my personality nor my body is up to it if left to its own devices; I can't take the pressure," states Bridget Jones (p. 52). Unfortunately, just like her, many women feel the same way. Our culture is too obsessed with our outward appearance, which causes many women to get sucked …
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…been subject to a lot of pressure and are becoming appearance obsessed, borderline anorexic, and insecure. This is primarily due to the fact that our culture has this idea of women being nothing but beauty objects. A lot of women feel like failed human beings when they don't live up to the "picture perfect women," which is causing them emotional trauma. What's wrong with our society? Why don't we place such harsh requirements on men?