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1950's body expectations
Curvaceous women were "in." The exaggerated feminine form- large hips and breasts, symbolizing nurturing and motherhood- emerged as the perfect shape for a war-weary society whose prodigious nesting produced the famous baby boom. -
U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court legalized the use or precription of birth control for married couples. -
Female involvement in interscholastic sports
Fewer than three hundred thousand high school girls participated in interscholastic sports; by 1977 that number had grown to over 2.4 million -
Pregnancy Rate
Accidental pregnancy rate has gone up 30% since 1994. -
Plastic Surgery Procedures
Some 11.7 million plastic surgery procedures were done in the United States during 2007. Since 1997 surgeries increased by 114 percent; nonivasive procedures skyrocketed 754 percent. -
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Jane Tallim
"There's definitely a disturbing emergence over the past two decades of highly eroticized images of young women, and they're getting younger and youger," says media expert Jane Tallim. -
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Males making more than women
"I remember Gloria Steinem once advising women to turn to their male coworkers doing the same job and ask what they're earning. The truth is, we simply don't know. Most female physicians were surprised to hear they were "making 22 percent less than their male counterparts, even after adjusting for differences inn practice and personal characteristics." And that figure is up from 16 percent in 1995.
