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Also that only a certain type of female form is being idealised in some cultures.
I'm not sure Maggie L would agree with me, but she certainly wasn't a woman who wanted to conform.

Women, whether born or "created" are subject to a heck of a lot of pressure to be "real". Funnily enough, that reality doesn't always happen naturally. How many born women feel pressure to have surgery when nature doesn't provide them with what society thinks they should have? Oh and how many men (with no gender issues) are put in the same situation? Very, very few. I know no men who have had surgery, but many women.

There are more "real" actresses in the UK than the US as far as I can tell with my limited television time. And FAR more than on Brazilian TV. Not every woman in every office, street, coffee shop, bar is 5'8"+ and 8 stone. Men on TV are allowed to be chubby. Even Hollywood leads (as long as they are in comedy films.) Women have to have immovable tits and arse, NO bellies and perfect hair. Fair? No. We should be worried about 50% of the globe being set against an almost impossible standard rather than a small amount of trans* people being offended. They're switching one set of prejudices for another. And I feel for them. But lets look at sheer numbers here people.