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As we race toward the 21st century, that quote (Dullea, 1986) from Judith Krantz, a women’s magazine writer and novelist whose spectacular success demonstrates a keen perception of what sells, and those opening lines from an advertisement (New York Magazine,May 1986) hawking the services of a cosmetic surgeon, merit serious attention from those concerned with triggers of the unconscious and the physical and emotional health of women.
Men’s magazines never say, “Do you weigh 300 pounds and are your thighs flabby?” They know a man would never buy a magazine that made him feel insecure or unattractive. They make men feel like heroes whereas magazines make us feel like failures.
—Judith Krantz (in Dullea, 1986)
How Do You See Yourself?... What would it take for you to finally feel good about what you see in the mirror?
—“How Do You See Yourself ” (1986)
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Lichtendorf, S.S. (1988). Body Image in the 21st Century. In: Offerman-Zuckerberg, J. (eds) Critical Psychophysical Passages in the Life of a Woman. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5362-1_15
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