Social reform is inhibited by entrenched societally imposed (hence commonly held) beliefs and conceptions.
For instance
One inhibitory factor is Advertising aimed at women. The effects of advertising are well documented. Women are encouraged to aim for an elusive ideal of perfection. The media uses images of women who themselves suffer from body Dysmorphia and this aspect of body Dysmorphia is rewarded by fame and fortune. Therefore Body Dysmorphia is seen in itself as a desirable attribute thus underpinning its inevitable viscous (and viscouse) circle.
BODY DYSMORPHIA
One socially accepted underpinning attribute of body Dysmorphia is desirability.
Fat is not desirable
Ugliness is not desirable
Bad dress sense is not desirable
Physical defects are not desirable
Disproportionate bodies are not desirable
Disease and disability are not desirable
Difference is not desirable
Eccentricity is only desirable if it conforms to Fashion
Age is not desirable
Wrinkles are ugly
Age is ugly
Fat is ugly and unhealthy
Externally expressed poverty (cheap clothes) is not desirable
Given that most women have a biological drive to procreate, and to procreate they have to attract a mate, it is a forgone conclusion that, given all this external pressure, a great many modern women, despite the realities of their physicality and finances, will feel inadequate and insecure. Inadequate and insecure in their own bodies, in their lives, in their heads and in their work, home making, mothering and mate attracting skills.
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