The Cultural Norm in the United States Portrays the Ideal

Multiple Choice

The cultural norm in the United States portrays the ideal female body as slim when for adolescent girls their biological changes produce less slim and more rounded bodies. As a result, many adolescent females:

A) Ignore advertising media's unrealistic portrayal of women
B) Develop extreme weight-loss behaviors of fasting and crash dieting
C) Purchase baggy cloths as a means of hiding their curves
D) Resist their biological changes by using growth suppressing hormones