Maintaining the feminine image while shedding the feminine role

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[...] Women bodybuilders take away the traditional male-strong and female-weak roles our society creates and our culture must compensate for that by expecting them to wear barely any clothing and pose sexily, so that the emphasis is on her sexuality and she still appears feminine and subordinate, despite all of her muscle. Another area where beauty is emphasized in order to compensate for less feminine roles is in the workplace. In today's world, it is more common for women to have jobs in all sorts of subject ranges instead of the traditional nurse and teacher positions available in past years. [...]

[...] Maintaining the feminine image while shedding the feminine role Body image is an ongoing issue that is increasing women's awareness about their body and looks in society's culture today. According to our “Beauty is the Beast” article, Ambrose Bierce is quoted as saying, men a man is but a mind. Who cares what face he carries or what he wears? But woman's body is the woman.” Although over recent years women have achieved more equality and freedoms, this statement still rings true. [...]