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InStyle’s Insane Ideas About Women’s Bodies
In “What’s Age Got to Do with It?” (InStyle, October), a survey conducted by the magazine reveals a wealth of terribly predictable stats. Readers think Demi Moore and Helen Mirren look great for their age! Forty percent of 20-year-olds use anti-wrinkle creams! (This is not news to anyone who has ever read a women’s magazine.) And 68 percent of women surveyed proclaim that they are not afraid of aging. Of course they 
aren’t!
I, however, am a bit fearful about the implications of this particular statistic:
8 out of 10 think their legs aren’t perfect, but still wear skirts [emphasis mine]
“But”? Why would they say that? Oh, I get it! The subtext is that women without “perfect” limbs should stay covered at all times. No one told me I was committing a fashion faux pas by baring my legs in a knee-length skirt! What have I been thinking, unleashing my size-10 calves on an unsuspecting public?
