<< And, I might add, by what society considers valuable and beautiful. There
is
so much emphasis in our American culture on physical beauty. I certainly
took to heart the messages in the advertisements, the popular songs, the
movies, etc. Using our culture's expectations and values as a yardstick, I
measured myself and found myself to be lacking by a whole lot. If our
culture only respected and valued beauty, well then, I certainly didn't
count; thus, I made very judgmental and self-critical tapes in my head and
played them over and over to myself. Their message? >>
Carol, I have that problem, too! I will never be a beautiful and thin as
Claudia. My glamour could never reach that of Diana. One doesn't have to
have scoliosis to feel that way. I think it is what all American women
experience to some degree. Youth is another high value trait that you didn't
mention. Why do we we let this be done to us? Cindy