All research todate on body image shows that women are much more critical of their appearancethan men and much less likely to admire what they see in the mirror. Up to

8 out of 10 womenare dissatisfied with their reflection,and more than half may see a distortedimage.

2.Men looking in themirror are more likely to be either pleased with what they see or indifferent.Research shows that men generally have a much more positive body-image

than women一if anything,they may tend toover-estimate their attractiveness.Some men looking in the mirror may literallynot see the flaws in their appearance.

3.Why are women toomuch more self-critical than men?Because women are judged on their appearancemore than men,and standards of female beauty are considerably

higher and moreinflexible.Women are continually bombarded with images of the inflexible.Womenare continually bombarded with images of the"ideal"face.And constant

exposure toidealized images of female beauty on TV,magazines and billboards makes exceptionalgood looks seem normal and anything short of perfection seem abnormal

and ugly.It has beenestimated that young women now see more images of outstandingly beautiful womenin one day than our mothers saw throughout their entire

adolescence.

4.Also,most womenare trying to achieve the impossiblE.standards of female beauty have in factbecome progressively more unrealistic during the last century.In 1917,the

physically perfectwoman was about 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighed nearly 10 stone（约140磅）.Even 25years ago, top models and beauty queens weighed only 8% less

than the averagewoman,now they weigh 23% less.The current media ideal for women is achievableby less than 5% of the female population一and that's just in terms of

weight and size.Ifyou want the ideal shape,face,etc, it's probably more like 1%.Paragraph1________

A.How do men viewtheir appearance?

B.How can women makethemselves more beautiful?

C.Why do men andwomen view their appearance differently?

D.Is it possible forwomen to meet the standards of perfect beauty?

E.How do peoplejudge women and men?