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The Female Body & Body Issues

Women struggle quietly to be authentic and accepted for who we are. We're told to just be ourselves; but at the same time, external pressures to conform to female stereotypes make many of us feel inadequate and inauthentic. The fallout of this conflict touches upon body issues, sex and intimacy, aging, mid-life crisis, eating disorders, and depression.
What Women Love About Their Bodies
So many magazine articles, TV and print ads, and other forms of media focus on what women hate about their bodies and wish they could change. Instead of fixating on the negative and making ourselves feel worse, why not celebrate what it is that we love and appreciate about our bodies?
Do Women Love Their Bodies?
Do women love their bodies? So much of our culture focuses on what women hate about their bodies that there's little self-love evident on the internet or in the real world.
Depression & Eating Disorders
Studies of college women indicate a link between eating disorders and the inability to express feelings.

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