50s Female Body Image

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The 1950's are often times referred to as the "baby boom era". One desirable image during this time period was the "womanly" body - ample, a body of substance, capable of great nurturing, motherly and fertile. Another image of this time was the ideal as represented by Jane Russell or Marilyn Monroe - the voluptuous figure.[http://www.healingthehumanspirit.com/pages/body_img2.htm]

In the 1950's the ideal female body image was Marilyn Monroe , she was a size 14. Most likely, in today's standard of the ultra-thin body type, she would be considered chubby or overweight .

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Slimness in Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn were portrayed to cinema-goes as sophistication. 

They became role models to most young women and slimness were associated with the upper class. 

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One of Fonda's greatest lessons has come from her battle with body image. "I was raised in the '50s," she explains. "I was taught by my father that how I looked was all that mattered, frankly. He was a good man, and I was mad for him, but he sent messages to me that fathers should not send: Unless you look perfect, you're not going to be loved."

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