‘Strong Is the New Skinny’ Isn’t as Empowering as It Sounds

‘Strong Is the New Skinny’ Isn’t as Empowering as It Sounds
An athletic ideal still demands stringent diets and exercise regimes. Shutterstock
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Women have long been subject to powerful social pressures to look a certain way. The “feminine ideal”—a svelte female figure—has dominated film, television, and magazine culture.
The result is a narrow idea of what feminine beauty should look like and an associated crisis in body satisfaction.
Anthony Papathomas
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