173-179 Eder, on becoming female

This chapter in down to earth covers the demand for women’s body’s to be a certain way. They describe how this is through a high school cheerleading tryouts. Where girls are judged by teachers on how skinny they are and how big of a smile they can put on. It seems that no matter what women are gonna be judged for their looks even if most people find them attractive. And this judgement comes from both men and women but a lot of times it is from women. Women in general are insecure about how they appear. Women like to talk bad about how other women look or dress to make themselves feel better about their own appearance. Women who are overweight are the biggest targets for gossip and this comes as no surprise. Girls no matter what size they are will be criticized for their body type being too skinny or their breast and butt size is too big or too small. Girls devote a lot of time to working on their appearance. They will either get criticized for not using makeup or using too much make up. With all of these stigmas it’s no wonder why bulimia and anorexia is more common among young women. They are constantly objectified to where it is a lose/lose situation.