"To lose confidence in one's body is to lose confidence in oneself."

"To lose confidence in one's body is to lose confidence in oneself." - Simone De Beauvoir Self-image is inextricably linked to body image, especially for young females. In her book, Reviving Ophelia - Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls, Pipher (1994) describes and explains the convoluted issues that girls battle during adolescence, including the ability to conform to a media-driven ideal of beauty. In response to Pipher (1994), Shandler (1999) collected writing from girls who deal with issues …

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