Stilettos Quote by Mary Campisi

“I believe it is so important for women to feel comfortable in their bodies, without wanting to change every single thing about their bodies…

— Roxane Gay

Every human body has its optimum weight and contour, which only health and efficiency can establish. Whenever we treat women's bodies as aesthetic objects…

— Germaine Greer

Many women don't appreciate their form because it doesn't look like what they see on the front cover of a magazine. They feel ashamed…

— Danielle Colby

“although there are many factors that contribute to women's body-image issues, we cannot ignore the role that society plays in the aesthetics of what…

— Malebo Sephodi

Women have been programmed to criticise their own bodies because we should have the shape that society, and in particular men, want.

— Ulrika Jonsson

“The norms of femininity suppress the body potential of women. We grow up learning that the feminine body is soft, not muscular, passive, incapable,…

— Iris Young

“And women don't usually like to be looked at. They feel vulnerable, exposed. They are self-conscious about their perceived flaws. What they don't understand…

— Courtney Cole

When looking at female body builders and reading about the industry and the culture, their bodies just break down. They end up having to…

— Wardell Milan

People have the strength to overcome their bodies. Their beauty is in their minds.

— Peter Gabriel

Sometimes people feel really trapped by the body that they have. Women are told, 'You have this body shape; you're a pear or string…

— Mary Helen Bowers

Beauty is now defined by your bones sticking out of your decolletage. For that to be the standard is really perilous for women.

— Alanis Morissette

“Feeling comfortable in my body isn't entirely about beauty standards. It is not entirely about ideals. It's about how I feel in my skin…

— Roxane Gay