Eh, she is not the reason why we have unrealistic body standards. There have always been unrealistic body standards for women. Marilyn Monroe just happened to be someone that had/has a coveted body style, however natural or unnatural it was. Thus, her body style feeds into one of the many unrealistic body standards that we have for women. It was there before her, it was there when she was alive, and it was there after her. The problem is is that society has always had an image that they expect women to meet regardless of how healthy or unhealthy it is for many people to reach that image. Other people latch onto a body style that is simply not their own and spend their lives trying to obtain it. It's sad and it needs to change, but she is not the reason behind the problem.
However, I wouldn't be surprised if those measurements didn't come by natural means. She worked in the media and they have always had different body standards. The difference is is that people do not realize that the times have changed and the accepted body types changed with it. It wasn't that long ago that a women's 10-12 on someone with a flat stomach regardless of height was considered morbidly obese.
Women have always had unrealistic body standards, but she is the reason why the current ideal of "36,24,36, exists. She is not the root of all the problems, but the current reason why everybody latched on to those number specifically.
However, I wouldn't be surprised if those measurements didn't come by natural means. She worked in the media and they have always had different body standards. The difference is is that people do not realize that the times have changed and the accepted body types changed with it. It wasn't that long ago that a women's 10-12 on someone with a flat stomach regardless of height was considered morbidly obese.
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