• According to the American Society for Aesthetic [Эстетически | Use your English!

• According to the American Society for Aesthetic [Эстетический] Plastic Surgery, since 1997, there has been a 465 percent increase in the total number of cosmetic procedures.
• Women had nearly 10.7 million cosmetic procedures, ninety percent of the total. The number of cosmetic procedures for women has increased forty-nine percent since 2003.
• The top five surgical procedures for women were: liposuction, breast augmentation [увеличение], eyelid [веко] surgery, tummy tuck [подтяжка живота] and facelift [подтяжка лица].
• Americans spent just under $12.5 billion on cosmetic procedures in 2004.
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Who benefits [кому выгодно] from the appearance expectations?
• The $38 billion hair industry.
• The $33 billion diet industry.
• The $24 billion skincare industry.
• The $18 billion makeup industry.
• The $15 billion perfume industry.
• The $13 billion cosmetic surgery industry.
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That’s a whole bunch of folks [целая куча народа] depending on us to see and believe messages that sell the social-community expectations of appearance [зависят от того, верим ли мы в общественные ожидания от нашего внешнего вида]. If we don’t believe we’re too fat, ugly and old, then they don’t sell their products. If they don’t sell their products, they don’t make their house payments. The pressure is on!»
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На эту тему я еще очень люблю документальный фильм MISS REPRESENTATION, его непросто найти онлайн, можно купить на VIMEO, я купила его для себя и могу поделиться ссылкой на просмотр.
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