Artificial intelligence has its own idea of what the perfect human body should look like. A new study by The Bulimia Project, a Brooklyn, New York-based website that publishes content and research ...

In the late 1890s and early 1900s, American artist Charles Dana Gibson illustrated the Gibson Girl who was an amalgamation of American femininity and served as a beauty standard for everyday women.

You only have to step out of your front door to see how much the female figure is under the spotlight. Films, adverts, music videos, magazine shoots and fashion shows all project a certain ideal, and ...

Aphrodite, as depicted by ancient Greeks, did not have the body of a modern day supermodel. Throughout most of history, the “ideal” female body has been depicted as curvier and plumper than most of ...

In a now-deleted tweet, State Rep. Danny McCormick (R-Oil City) shared an image of a pregnant woman, with text above it that described the image as the “ideal female body.” “This is the ideal female ...

Positive body image refers to an overarching love and respect for one’s own body, regardless of whether it meets societal standards for how a body “should” look or function. Among other scientific ...

Body image is scrutinized in Western cultures. We judge a book by its cover, and we have social media and Hollywood to thank. There is a standard, and if one does not meet the specifications of beauty ...