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I think these are important for getting back to perspective about what is and is not normal. I got most of these statistics from here.

• If Barbie were a real woman-She would have to grow to be seven feet tall. She would have a bust that was between 38-40 inches, her waist 18-24 inches, her hips around 33-35 inches. Barbie’s weight would be 110 pounds. If she were a real woman-Barbie would have to walk on all fours due to her proportions. If Ken were a real man-he would be seven-feet, eight-inches tall. An average man would have to add seven inches to his chest and about eight inches to his neck to equal Ken’s measurements.

• Females need seventeen percent body fat in order to menstruate for the first time and twenty-two percent to have regular cycles. Cooke, Kaz. Real Gorgeous: The Truth About Body and Beauty. Norton, 1996.

• The average American woman is 5′4, weighs 144 lbs. and wears between a size 12 and 14. The average American model is 5′11 and weighs 117 lbs.

• Models twenty years ago weighed 8% less than the average woman, today they weigh 23% less

Just a reminder that the media is about everything but reality…

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