1.6 MILLION PLASTIC SURGERY PROCEDURES IN 2010 ● 52 PROCEDURES TO GET “BARBIE BODY” ● AVERAGE PLASTIC SURGERY PROCEDURE: $4,000 ● 95.6 PERCENT OF PATIENTS ARE WOMEN ● 66.9 PERCENT OF WOMEN PATIENTS HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE ● LIPOSUCTION IS NATION’S TOP COSMETIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE Objectification of Women: Who’s to Blame? Media surrounds us. It more »
Flip through the glossy pages of any perfumed fashion magazine to be visually accosted by images of Barbie-like idealized women flaunting mile-long legs, flawless skin and perfectly preened manes of flowing blonde hair. The social pressures imposed on American women have become nearly unbearable. Media portrays the image of an idealistic woman, perfect from every more »
When I was younger, my mom and I would read about Marie Curie, Amelia Earhart, and Elizabeth Blackwell before I went to sleep at night. I thought these books were boring, and I really didn’t understand why it was so important that we read them. I did know that there was no getting out of more »
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