Re: Just for the lift:
From: Cheryl (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 18 Nov 2000 11:57:44 -0500
Sonnet,
Thank you for the lift. When I think of it that way. I am a beautiful
woman. We are all beautiful. We give our time and support to others and
aren't afraid to say "i need help" sometimes. So thank you to all the
beautiful women on this board.
Cheryl
At 12:59 AM 11/18/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>Okay so I don't think it's "Beautiful Women's Month" (???) any more, but
>all the same! I first saw this in a college women's studies class and
>carried it around with me that term :)
>
>. Did you know that it's Beautiful Women Month? That means you and me.
>. Did you know that if shop mannequins were real women they'd be too
>thin
>to menstruate?
>. There are 3 billion women who don't look like super models and only
>eight
>who do.
>. Marilyn Monroe wore a size 14.
>. If Barbie was a real woman, she'd have to walk on all fours due to her
>proportions. The average woman weighs 144 lbs and wears between a 9-14.
>. One out of every four college aged women has an eating disorder. The
>models in the magazines are airbrushed - not perfect!
>. A psychological study in 1995 found that three minutes spent looking
>at a
>fashion magazine caused 70% of women to feel depressed, guilty, and
>shameful.
>. Models twenty years ago weighed 8% less than the average woman. Today
>they
>weigh 23% less.
>. The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure she
>carries or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman must be
>seen
>from her eyes because that is the doorway to her heart the place where
>love
>resides. True beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul, the passion
>that
>she shows - with passing years - only grows.
>. A Woman Without Her Man - An English professor wrote the words, "Woman
>without her man is nothing," on the blackboard and directed the students
>to
>punctuate it correctly. The men wrote: "Woman, without her man, is
>nothing."
>The women wrote: "Woman! Without her, man is nothing."
>
>--
>Email always welcome to: sonnet_fitz@hotmail.com
>
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