Society, particularly through print and broadcast media, places a lot of pressure on women to conform to unrealistic beauty standards. There's good news though: you are free to reject these standards, accept yourself as God made you, and reject this perversion of the word 'beauty'.  Every time a television is turned on or a magazine is opened, the genetically average woman (don't resent the word 'average', as it's the category the vast majority of us fall into!), is reminded of her physical shortcomings. The model looking back at her is typically physically stunning and doesn't have an ounce of extra body fat or cellulite to be found. And of course, no wrinkles or grey hair!  Though women definitely have the greater challenge, in the world of the average male, the equivalent situation would be opening a bodybuilding magazine and comparing yourself to some 260-pound behemoth at 5% body fat. In this case, the first thing that needs to understand is that ...