The Empire Of Images In Our World Of Bodies

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Society today demands more out of a person. To get a job you basically need a college degree. Society today only wants the best. This concerns women too. Women today need to be smart, skinny, and sexy. These reasons are why I think women face many challenges in today’s society. There are four articles that I have found that talk about some of the struggles women face in society. One of the articles I read is titled “The Empire of Images in Our World of Bodies”, written by Susan Bordo. Of the four articles this one is my favorite. It provides a very interesting perspective on what it is like to be a woman these days. The three other articles are not bad but they’re not as informative as “The Empire of Images in Our World of Bodies”. The

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