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From: jpexg@mit-hermes.ARPA (John Purbrick)
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Subject: Re: Dates not eating and m/f body image
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Date: Tue, 26-Mar-85 13:12:19 EST
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> I think the women that are picking at their food on dates are in a
> double bind.  On the one hand, they're trying to meet *your* expectations
> and on the other hand, they're trying to meet society's (read *men's*) 
> expectations of women to be slender.
> Barbara Zanzig

We men have more than a few faults, but that one's fictitious. A university
study widely reported lately found that women very commonly think they're too
fat, while men's self-image is that "I'm perfect". But the men are much less 
choosy about women's bodies than women are. I don't recall what women think
about men. 

What would the world be like if women were less self-doubting and men more so?