'Strong is the new skinny' isn't as empowering as it sounds
- Written by Anthony Papathomas, Senior Lecturer Sport and Exercise Psychology, Loughborough University
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Women have long been subject to powerful social pressures to look a certain way. The “feminine ideal” – a svelte female figure – has dominated film, television and magazine culture.
The result is a narrow idea of what feminine beauty...
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