Even though it’s been over 30 since this book was published, there are still many lessons women can learn from this book. Yes, some things have changed for the better for women, but other issues remain. Magazines everywhere still tout air-brushed, electronically altered images of woman. Approximately one out of every 100 young women between ten and twenty are starving themselves (sometimes to death) because they are convinced these unrealistic images of women are the norm. And according to the most recent U.S. Census Bureau statistics, on average, women today are paid only 76 cents for every dollar men are paid.
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