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The standard media-portrayed thin ideal woman is about 15% below the average female body weight, "This ideal stresses slimness, youth and androgyny, rather than the normative female body. The thin-ideal woman portrayed in the media is biogenetically difficult, if not impossible, for the majority of women" to achieve. [12]
In its spring/summer 2025 size inclusivity report, Vogue Business wrote that “progress has stalled and we are facing a worrying return to using extremely thin models, amid the Ozempic boom.”
A woman who is 36–24–36 (91–61–91 cm) at 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) height will look different from a woman who is 36–24–36 at 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) height. If both are the same weight, the taller woman has a much lower body mass index ; if they have the same BMI, the weight is distributed around a greater volume.
Thin models are often further enhanced by corporations, presenting a “perfect” woman to individuals of all ages creating damaging effects to one’s mental and physical health. Understanding these complexities is crucial for healthcare professionals and policymakers to develop strategies for mitigating the harmful impacts of media and body ...
For Nigerian American women, the idealized thin American body type contradicts Nigerian beauty standards. Hanson said that Nigeria has a more body positive culture overall and that African values ...
Skin color contrast has been identified as a feminine beauty standard observed across multiple cultures. [7] Women tend to have darker eyes and lips than men, especially relative to the rest of their facial features, and this attribute has been associated with female attractiveness and femininity, [7] yet it also decreases male attractiveness according to one study. [8]
Critics argued that a thin woman making similar sweeping generalizations about body size and sexual desirability would have faced accusations of body shaming, reinforcing the double standards ...
Persistent exposure to media that present thin ideal may constitute a risk factor for body dissatisfaction and anorexia nervosa. Cultures that equate thinness with beauty often have higher rates of anorexia nervosa. [122] The cultural ideal for body shape for men versus women continues to favor slender women and athletic, V-shaped muscular men.