《38特辑》-究竟是谁，在定义完美身材?【往期回顾】

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Hi everyone, and welcome back to Happy Hour, 欢迎回来酒馆.

It's International Women's Day, every year around this time, we would do a special episode.

So far we've talked about the history of feminism, workplace stereo types, and shared with you stories of some truly fascinating women.

So what are we gonna talk about today？

When it comes to anxiety we face as women on a pretty regular basis, I'm sure a lot of you will agree that one major source of anxiety is related to body image.

In other words, do I look good enough？Especially in this day and age, for a woman, looking good is almost seen as a requirement rather than an option.

Go on any social media platform, you'll see countless influences trying to show off their perfect body; and even more of them trying to teach you to secrets to attain that perfect body through all sorts of exercise, diet and products.

近年来火遍社交媒体的什么A4腰，漫画腿，锁骨养金鱼等等，都是刷出了一波又一波的焦虑。

It's pretty difficult not to fall victim to these increasingly harsh standards.

But a thing is, when we talk about the ideal body, we sometimes tend to forget that the idea of beauty is not only subjective but constantly changing.

So in today's episode, I'm going to take you back in history, take a look at the changing standards of female beauty in the west.

今天的酒馆里，璐璐就带你看看西方历史上那些不断峰回路转的对于完美女性身材的定义。

Let's start with prehistoric times.

Some of the earliest known representations of a woman's body in the west are the 'Venus figurines'.

These are small statues from over 20,000 years ago in Europe. These figurines usually portray round, pear-shaped women's bodies, many with large breasts, large hips, and large everything symbolizing fertility, the ability to have many babies.

And moving on to Ancient Greece and Rome. The ideal female body should be slim but robust. So you have to have some strength, high, round, useful breasts.