Body Stereotypes

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There are many different body shapes that women have. Every woman is different, they are not meant to be the same as everyone else. When the media tries to tell women what is right and wrong about their bodies, women struggle to obtain an image. Some women may never even get there if their bone structure is a different build. This advertisement by Gold’s Gym is a perfect example of shaming a particular body type. In the advertisement their saying, “this is no shape for a girl,” has the word shape on its own line to emphasize the importance the shape of a woman’s body has over the rest of who she is. The use of the pear over an other fruit was done to represent a woman with small breasts and a large stomach and thighs. It was chosen

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