Letters to the Editor
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I'm 28 and have the same fears
So maybe knowing younger women feel that way might relieve some of your anxiety. All those perky, pouty 18 year olds are really starting to piss me off, but then I remember that I can cook and hold a good job and am well-educated, so the heat subsides. Remember, society is still set up to value women based on their reproductive capacity; therefore, it will take a lot of time and effort from millions of women to change the way we regard femininity.
One place to start, IMHO, would be reforming the tabloids. It is a self-fulfilling scenario: the covers promote losing 30 pounds and getting Botox injections, re-triggering female insecurities about what society has taught them to value about themselves, causing a sale of said tabloid, and the next thing you know, you're dead from a heart attack because you got a tummy-tuck and breast lift from a sketchy plastic surgeon. All I'm saying is, could they maybe tone down on the close-ups of celebrity cellulite and latest who got fat gossip? That's all.