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Throughout history, artists have seen the nude figure as a beautiful expression of womanhood, in all its glorious shapes and sizes. But ask the average female how she views her own bod in the buff and it gets a lot more complicated. Nakedness reveals everything we usually get to hide: vulnerabilities that date back to high school, parts you struggle to love (or just outright hate), scars, stretch marks, etc., etc., etc. Women's Health conducted a reader survey in 2013 to chart that complex relationship we have with our stripped-down selves. Now, though it's just four years later, a lifetime of change has occurred on the body front. The body-positivity movement exploded, strong replaced skinny as social media's favorite adjective, and #loveyourcurves campaigns abound—making us wonder, is there more love? More peace? How do women really feel about their bodies in 2017?
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To find out, we polled over 2,700 women in the U.S., plus thousands more around the globe.* Some of the results are inspiring; others, confounding. Check out this snapshot of the results:
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Read on to discover what's changed—and what, rather defiantly, has not.
*Women's Health's international editions conducted the survey in their respective countries: Australia, Brazil, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, and the United Kingdom, plus a combined eight countries in Latin America.
The message that women should love and celebrate their bodies 24/7 is pervasive. Maybe too pervasive.
Picture a skin-care ad with a diverse group of nonmodels—with curves, cellulite, and real-life butts—laughing and hugging in their white undies. Been there, seen that? Well, not in 2005, when Dove debuted its "Real Beauty" campaign. Then, it was revolutionary. "Dove's campaign really helped the body-positivity conversation get going and felt like this very big, very visible moment," says Jeffrey Hunger, Ph.D., a health social psychologist studying weight stigma and body image at the University of California at Los Angeles. Other public voices joined the chorus—Lena Dunham proudly went nude in Girls to show an underrepresented body type—and on social, #thighgap has taken a virtual backseat to the more accepting (and, yeah, funny) #mermaidthigh.
And although most women dig this movement as a concept, just a small fraction say they actually feel "positive" about their own bodies. Why such a startling disconnect? "The body-positive army is still really small compared to all the influencers and brands making money off of women not feeling good about their bodies," says Renee Engeln, Ph.D., a professor of psychology at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and author of Beauty Sick: How the Cultural Obsession with Appearance Hurts Girls and Women.
Another theory? Backlash to the idea of being expected to love your bod nonstop. Who loves every single element about anything all day, every day? (Okay, except maybe videos of Jiff the Pomeranian.) Far more women in our survey said the best way to describe their feelings about their body is "accepting or neutral." The results were the same in every country we surveyed (minus the Netherlands). "We spend so much time being told life is easier when you're pretty and thin—if you've gotten to the point where you don't actually feel bad about your body, that's an amazing thing," says 31-year-old Jyssica, a writer in Brooklyn who wears size 12. Engeln says aiming for body acceptance might be a healthier approach. "If you have some good days and some bad days, that's realistic," says Engeln. "An overall attitude of appreciation and gratitude is the goal."
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For two little pieces of fabric, this bathing suit causes some pretty big feelings—still.
"Every body is a bikini body." It's a major mantra now—but just two years ago, insulting phrases like "bikini worthy" dominated the social and media landscapes. Today, two-piece moments celebrating women of all types roll out as often as software security updates—and yay for that! Yet. The percentage of American women who won't be caught dead in a bikini actually increased since 2013. And that was true in almost every country we surveyed. What is going on?
As with the general body-positivity movement, seeing more body diversity in bikinis "is just a drop in the bucket compared to the decades of the notion that only a specific body type can wear a bikini," says Elizabeth Daniels, Ph.D., an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs. And while a mantra is one thing, it doesn't always translate to real-life moments. "Everyone says they're supportive of body positivity, but inside they could be thinking, That girl shouldn't be wearing a bikini," says Olivia, 23, a PR coordinator in NYC who wears size 12.
The better news: Women's two-piece attitudes don't signal an epidemic of overall body hatred. "You can have great body image without feeling good in a bikini," says body-image expert Kjerstin Gruys, Ph.D., an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Nevada in Reno. "Healthy body image is more about viewing your appearance as only one small part of your overall sense of self." And among the women we surveyed, there was an overwhelmingly happy response to a less body-centric question. When asked, "Do you think you're beautiful?" more than two-thirds said yes. Jennifer, 46, an entrepreneur in Allentown, Pennsylvania, who wears size 6, explains: "After having my kids and surviving cervical cancer, my standards have changed. I don't want to wear a bikini. When I look in the mirror, I focus on my beautiful hair, toned muscles, and happy smile."
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There's one surprising body type we all want to see more of in media.
Cell phones on a Buddhist retreat. Nice guys on dating apps. Women who are a size 10. Turns out, all are equally rare. While body-positive buzz focuses a lot on plus-size women, "in-between-size bodies"—say, sizes 8 to 12—took the top spot in the U.S. and most countries around the world as the group women want to see more prominently in media and social media. "We have thinner bodies being represented in the mainstream media, and there's the plus-size movement, but we're still lacking diversification of shapes and sizes overall," says psychology professor Daniels. Real women explain their feelings: "I wear a size 12, and while it's great to see plus-size women, I feel like I never see anyone who resembles me," says Theresa, 43, a writer in Cranford, New Jersey. Twenty-five-year-old Brianna, an account executive in New York who wears size 10, asks: "Where are the real women who are flat-chested but have big thighs? Or the women with thicker arms but not a large waist? There's a good chunk of them—and we don't see them in ads and rarely on social media." Ladies, WH is listening.
Here's how Sofia Vergara really felt about posing naked for our annual Naked Issue:
Across the board, around the world, if there's one body part women struggle to love, it's their stomach.
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Put less euphemistically: When asked which body part they most want to show off, women put abs dead last. The only time they ranked their midsection first? As their "biggest insecurity when naked in front of a guy," and the body part that needs more exercise attention.
Behind the global battle? The unwavering appeal of a flat belly. Big and small boobs and booties have gone in and out of vogue, yet a softer midsection hasn't trended since, oh, approximately the Rubenesque 1600s. "If you look at parts of the body that distinguish a male body from a female body and trigger attraction, there is some evidence we've evolved over time to appreciate a low waist-to-hip ratio in women," says Engeln. "Gaining weight in the stomach changes that, which is possibly part of why we tend to hold flat stomachs in high regard."
We're not here to say flat abs should be held in high regard (abs of all kinds rock). But if you want 'em, frustration can ensue because, for some women, not even exercise does the trick. Some of us are predisposed to store fat in our middles. Then there's the fact that we're the ones who birth humans—your body is primed for the possibility whether you want to be a mom or not. "Estrogen drives fat to the pelvis, plus the butt and thighs, which seems to be physiologically advantageous for pregnancy," says Keri Peterson, M.D., an internist at Lenox Hill Hospital in NYC. Chronic stress is yet another hurdle; it can increase cortisol levels, which boosts appetite and triggers weight gain in the abdominal area.
But wait! There is one thing you can control: how you're challenging your tum at the gym. "Lots of women think endless crunches and planks are ideal, but abs are more fully worked with resistance," says Cassandra Forsythe, Ph.D., R.D., an assistant professor of physical education and human performance at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Connecticut. Try cable twists, kettlebell halos (rotating a kettlebell around your head), or medicine-ball slams.
Women want to lose weight. Less expected? They'd much rather be toned.
The more things change... You know how that goes, and it holds true for weight loss. In both our surveys, the exact same percentage of women said they'd like to lose weight: 83. And though TV shows and online transformations featuring dramatic-weight-loss stories—like, 50 to 100 pounds—are now super popular, the number of desired-pounds-lost also remained the same from 2013 to 2017: six to 10. That relatively insignificant amount may reflect a knee-jerk reaction. "We're culturally conditioned to never admit to being happy with our body weight," explains sociologist Gruys. "So even women who are where they want to be may still say they'd like to lose a few more pounds."
Where the tides are happily turning: When you juxtapose the desire to be thin with the desire to be defined, the latter wins—by a lot. Allowed to check all answers that applied, 73 percent of women said they'd feel more confident naked if they were more toned, compared with 48 percent of women who said they'd feel better if they lost weight. This was true across nearly every country. And it echoes what we heard from a 2015 survey of WH readers, where you told us you wanted to see the words toned and strong on the cover. We couldn't agree more.
This article originally appeared in the September 2017 issue of Women's Health. For more great advice, pick up a copy of the issue on newsstands now!
Kristen Dold Kristen Dold is a freelance writer based in Chicago.
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Alongside legends like Serena Williams and Yoko Ono, comedian Amy Schumer headed a wonderful overhaul to the new Pirelli Calendar, which traditionally features naked supermodels. In the pic, shot by Annie Leibovitz, Schumer posed topless holding a coffee. She later shared it on Twitter with the caption, "Beautiful, gross, strong, thin, fat, pretty, ugly, sexy, disgusting, flawless, woman." Who needs naked supermodels when you've got powerful badass-ery like that?
Photographer Jessica Yatrofsky recently published a new book titled 'I Heart Girl', which features nude and semi-nude images of women challenging traditional notions of gender. She told Huffington Post: "This series captures a moment in time, a collective shift that’s occurring both in women and men as we become a more gender fluid society."
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Demi Lovato recently posed for a spontaneous nude, no-makeup photoshoot for Vanity Fair magazine to show readers it's possible to overcome body image issues to feel confident in one's own skin. In a video accompanying the shoot, she says: "It shows other women that you can get to a place where you can overcome obstacles of body image issues and you can feel comfortable and confident in your skin. In the past I suffered from eating disorders and I basically went from hating every single inch of my body to working on myself and trying to figure out ways to love myself and love the skin I’m in."
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Kim Kardashian posted this naked selfie in response to critics speculating about whether her second pregnancy is 'real'. She also the took time to school body image trolls on the fluctuations of a normal pregnant body, saying "some days I'm photographed before I eat & look smaller, some days I've just eaten & I look bigger. It's all a part of the process." "I've learned to love my body at every stage! I'm going to get even bigger & that's beautiful too! I'm blessed to even be pregnant!"
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'Free the nipple' protesters are photoshopping male nipples on their topless photos to bypass the strict Instagram censorship rules
Artist Amy Herrmann has photographed 100 women in their underwear in her Pozible project 'Underneath we are women' to fight body shaming.
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Athlete and 2014 Paralympic bronze medalist Amy Purdy in her element in this year's ESPN Body Issue.
US Comedian Adrienne Truscott does her stand-up show 'Asking for It' naked from the waist down and ankles up. The stand-up performance tackles rape, comedy and the often controversial intersection between the two. "Most occurrences of rape happen with someone you know. It's confronting in that it's calling bulls--t on some of those 'facts' by what I'm doing."
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Karlesha Thurman, a young black mother in California faced backlash online when the Facebook group Black Women Do Breastfeed posted a picture of her breastfeeding in graduation cap and gown. Four months later, Caucasian Australian woman Jacci Sharkey posted an almost identical picture but was widely congratulated. The two images highlight the problematic reactions to breastfeeding and the sexualisation of black women.
British mother-of-two Emma Bond, 24, posted this image of herself and her daughter Carene on Facebook, who was born 12 weeks early, only to find the social network deleted it the same day. Shocked, Bond uploaded it to a pro-breastfeeding group, where it was shared more than 22,000 times.
Danish journalist Emma Holten launched a Kickstarter project named HYSTERIA this year. She released naked pictures of herself to raise awareness on the difference between consensual nudity and the devastating effects of being a victim of revenge porn. The project is "an attempt at making herself a sexual subject instead of an object".
Artist and feminist Katrina Barker Anderson's photography project, The Mormon Women Bare, honestly explores the way some Mormon women feel their body are not their own. "Women around the world deal with objectification, body shame, and the burden of the male gaze. Mormon women have an added layer of complexity and heavy expectations: while being warned against becoming “walking pornography,” we also face immense pressure to be attractive and fit."
Ariel Gore posed on the cover for Hip Mama magazine, which was censored and removed from Facebook as well as the US news stands.
Comedian and actress Aniela McGuinness, who has been chronicling her prophylactic bilateral mastectomy with the vlog series 'My Breast Choice', was only a week out from surgery when she settled on her Halloween costume last year: the Bride Of Frankenstein, with her mastectomy scars proudly on show.
In 2013, controversial Femen protester Amina posted political self portraits to Facebook to protest the continued oppression of women. This picture features an Arabic declaration “my body belongs to me, and is not the source of the honor of anyone” scrawled across her chest.
28-year-old American artist Aleah Chapin is known for her large scale paintings that "challenge the ageing process: how the years affect our bodies and minds, and how we’re supposed to behave at a certain age." (Pictured: It was the sound of their feet, 2014)
Pictured: Marlen Esparza shot by Peter Hapak for ESPN in the 2013 Body issue. As writer Clem Bastow observes: "The key here is that the Body Issue presents athletes in their element...It’s okay to stare......if the context isn’t charged by the sexist gaze”.
Scout Willis's viral #FreeTheNipple photo taken in NYC's Lower East Side in protest of Instagram's censorship policy regarding female nudity.
Activists protest against slut-shaming at Slutwalk Johannesburg 2014.
Blogger Denise Jolly posed naked in the style of an iconic Madonna image on Brookyn Bridge, inspired by the question "what sits on the other side of your bodies shame and your bodies joy?" She writes: " I began a 30-day body photography project, called the Be Beautiful Project. I spent 30 days taking pictures of my nearly naked 311 pound body and posting them on the Internet. It quickly went viral."
Brisbane mother-of-four Beth Whaanga underwent a double mastectomy and full hysterectomy in November 2013 after being diagnosed with breast cancer. She posed for photographer Nadia Masot to show what a post-surgery body looks like.
Italian photographer Yossi Loloi's collection of images, the Full Beauty Project, challenges the view that fat bodies should be hidden or are deserving of scorn. His photographs depict naked obese women in all their voluptuousness.“In my work I portray what larger women represent to me. I focus on their fullness and femininity, as a form of protest against discrimination set by media and by today’s society,” Loloi explains on his website.
Vogue veteran Grace Coddington was briefly banned from Instagram for posting a topless cartoon of herself.
Unsurprisingly, Coddington had the best comeback to the nonsensical censorship.
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