Take a look at the average height and weight of ';ideal women'; over time. I don't have the statistics on me at the moment, but they just keep getting taller and thinner.
Some sources you might find useful:
Thin, a documentary by Lauren Greenfield
Reviving Ophelia, by Mary Pipher
The Body Project by Joan Brumberg
Meeting at the Crossroads: Women's Psychology and Girls' Development by Lyn Mikel Brown and Carol Gilligan
Where the Girls Are: Growing Up Female with the Mass Media by Susan J. Douglas
Female Chauvinist Pigs by Ariel Levy
Anything on anorexia and girl's body image will likely be useful. Some links below:Psychological and Health problems influenced by Beauty Pageants?
There's a movie, or a Dateline special, and it shows the moms screaming at the little girls...here is an article from Harvard.
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