Who is the person that inhabits the body?
The image of what it looks like to be a worthwhile woman is ingrained into our culture... and that image is FLAWED. For me the physical markers of the perfect body are to see my cheekbones and collar bones. To have muscular toned arms and thighs, a very flat stomach, and perky breasts. The images of women online told me that this is the body - the ONLY body- that is the good and correct way for a body to look. Society perpetuates this belief by applauding and putting these bodies on top of the hierarchy. The numerical markers of the perfect body may have come from BMI scales - but I guess weighing 120 pounds and being a size 2 seemed like the best place in my mind. Pursing and reaching some of these goals did not bring me peace, confidence, or happiness. Peace - mentally all I did was stress over what I ate and when I could workout. I weighed myself about three times a day and constantly body checked in mirrors. Confidence - I had SOME but in general constant body checking and obs