Bordo

Bordo talks about how our culture has taught men to build their bodies and women to unbuild their bodies. Women suffer from insecurities because they are taught to constantly monitor themselves for signs of imperfection. The perfect body is a total contradiction and impossible to achieve without outside means. Due to the pressures to be perfect, 11 million people suffer from eating disorders. It was interesting with our professor said that if a female makes it out of adolescence without an eating disorder, she is the exception. The perfect body is a huge part of our culture.