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pin-up by Paolo Marconi
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  • Post category:Body image
  • Post published:January 23, 2013

TV, billboards and magazines mean that we see ‘beautiful people’ all the time, more often than members of our own family, making exceptional good looks seem real, normal and attainable.

Source: Mirror, mirror @ Social Issues Research Centre

Photo: pin-up by Paolo Marconi under Creative Commons license

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