omen 58% were entertainers (as opposed to 1958 study which depicted women as secretarial clerks). Courtney and Lockeretz concluded that 4 general stereotypes were apparent; a woman's place is home; women don't make important decisions; women are dependent on men; and men regarded women primarily as sex objects. According to the Google sites overview section, at the start of 1900's, thinness was in style. There was a lot of emphasis on calorie counting and weigh-ins. At this time the physically perfect woman was 5'4" tall and weighed 140 lbs. At the time of World War 1 the flapper image became very popular. Flappers had short hair, flattened breasts and small waists that emphasized the target look of the flapper. In the 1930's, the image of the small waist and flattened breasts was diminishing. The idea of fuller breasts and a slender waist was body image that many women were trying to achieve. Shortly after World War II, women's magazines started to promote to "New Look" of Christian Dior. The "New Look" required women to have a thin waist. To achieve this look of having a thin waist woman needed corsets, girdles, and diets to achieve the "New Look." In 1960's a n
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