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The Beauty Trap: how the pressure to conform to society's and media's standards of beauty leave women experiencing body dissatisfaction

Foo, Samantha Yee Yee (Auckland University of Technology, 2010)

From bound feet to fad diets, female bodies have been scrutinised and some endure beauty practices in order to fulfil the beauty ideal which is portrayed through art and media. When beauty is perceived as symbols of ...