Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters : How the Quest for Perfection Is Harming Young Women

by Martin, Courtney E.

• ISBN13: 9780425223369
• ISBN10: 0425223361
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-09-02
• Publisher: Berkley Trade

Summary

This eye-opening look at twenty-first century culture and its impact on women reveals how food and weight obsession, driven in no small part by images of celebrities openly wasting away, threatens a new generation of girls as the feminist exhortation that you can do anything” is twisted into you must do everything.” It also inspires readers to consider what wonderful things might happen if the madness stopped once and for all.

Author Biography

Courtney E. Martin, M.A., received degrees from Barnard College and New York University.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters	p. 17
From Good to Perfect: Feminism's Unintended Legacy	p. 37
The Male Mirror: Her Father's Eyes	p. 65
(Perfect) Girl Talk: Inside Today's Teenagers' Minds and Stomachs	p. 92
Sex as a Cookie: Growing Up Hungry	p. 114
The Revolution Still Will Not Be Televised: Pop, Hip-hop, Race, and the Media	p. 141
What Men Want: The Truth About Attraction, Porn, and the Pursuit	p. 168
All-or-Nothing Nation: Diets, Extreme Makeovers, and the Obesity Epidemic	p. 194
Past the Dedication Is Disease: Athletic Obsession	p. 221
The College Years: Body Obsession Boot Camp	p. 245
The Real World Ain't No MTV: How the Body Becomes the Punching Bag for Post-College Disappointment	p. 268
Spiritual Hunger	p. 292
Stepping Through the Looking Glass: Our New Stories	p. 316
Resource Guide	p. 337
Notes	p. 343
Acknowledgments	p. 361
Index	p. 363
Readers Guide	p. 379
Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.