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From: zmk04@udenva.UUCP (zmk04)
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Subject: Re: Dates not eating and m/f body image
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Date: Tue, 16-Apr-85 11:39:49 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. 

Axiom of the Month:  Women don't lose weight to look good for men, they
lose it to look good for other women.  That's why they don't know when
to stop. (The Self-Perpetuating Anorexic Circle Axiom, by Sid Davis)

                                  -- Steve Blore