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- Subject: Re: Elle MacPherson causes rape?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov5.185317.28903@cbnews.cb.att.com>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 18:53:17 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov5.170627.20310@cs.nott.ac.uk> rji@trellis.cs.nott.ac.uk (Rob Ingram) writes:
- >
- >The problem is that most of the images we see in advertising are of
- >women who are really too thin for their height but this is portrayed
- >as an ideal. This is difficult to achieve for most women and so this
- >leads to obsessive behavior and eating disorders.
-
- Odd. I thought that the reason all the models were too slim for their
- height was that such people photograph better, not that Madison
- Avenue wants to portray it as an ideal. I don't understand why they
- would want to do that. It's no doubt true women see this as an ideal
- an try to emulate it just like men try to emulate the Marlboro man
- and assorted types who drink beer.
-