GW-Women’s Studies 0203 The Ideal Female Body Structure Symbolism, the common ground on which both Bordo and Warner chose to base their arguments, is at the center of the question of where do the image of the ideal female body figure comes from. Bordo believes it is from society’s pressures of indulgence and control, but does that really create an image? There is definitely an image that we see every day of slender women …showed first 75 words of 883 total…

…showed last 75 words of 883 total…virtuous and good person. These are positive images that we all strive for. In a way, classical and Christian art were commercials for good and evil. These ‘commercials’ suck people in much more effectively than cosmetics commercial; therefore people strive to associate themselves with the images of goodness. This is where I believe the ideal human figure came from. It was these images and these models that set the standard for the ideal human figure.