The_Dillemas_Of_Living_In_A_Female_Body

The Dillemas Of Living In A Female Body Women today are far too aware of their appearance. The questions, 'Does this make me look fat'' or 'Do my boobs look small'' are used by women of all shapes and sizes. This great concern of appearance is an accepted part of growing up as a female in American society. Sadly, some women are consumed by this desire to be perfect. Many women spend their entire lives contemplating their physical imperfections. Even if it is only a weekly thought, the thought still remains. In Sallie Tisdale's essay, Mean Cuisine, she tells of her lifelong struggles with the need to diet while relating to women of all shapes and sizes. Nora Ephron's essay, A Few Words about Breasts, takes a more specific look at how she perceives her physical flaws. While both Tisdale and Ephron discuss unconquerable body issues, they approach them with contrasting directions and tones. Tisdale uses a stark yet informative tone that helps the reader sympathize with her. Ephron, however, uses a self-interested tone that pushes the reader away from identifying with her. Tisdale opens her essay with a statistic about dieters. She continues by enforcing this statistic reader, essay, women, ephron, tone, about, tisdale, tisdales, dieting, breasts, even, ethos, ephrons, statement, questions, point, personal, one, while, very, using, takes, small, rhetorical, question, helps, help, experience, body, away, words, thought, subject, potential, physical