Womenasallresearchsuggestsarefarmorecriticaloftheirappearancethanmen.Mostofthemarelikelytofeeldissatisfiedwiththeirreflectioninthemirror.

Itisquitepossiblethatmenlookinginthemirrorareeitherpleasedwithwhattheyseeorindifferent.Researchshowsthatmengenerallyhaveamuchmorepositivebody-imagethanwomen---ifanythingtheymaytendtoover-estimatetheirattractiveness.Somemenlookinginthemirrormayliterallynotseetheflawsintheirappearance.

Whyarewomensomuchmoreself-criticalthanmen?Becausewomenarejudgedmoreontheirappearancethanmenandstandardsoffemalebeautyareconsiderablyhigherandmoreinflexible.Womenarecontinuallybombarded(轰炸)withimagesofthe“ideal”face.AndconstantexposuretoidealizedimagesoffemalebeautyonTVmagazinesandbillboardsmakesexceptionalgoodlooksseemnormalandanythingshortofperfectionseemabnormalandugly. Ithasbeenestimatedthatyoungwomennowseemoreimagesofoutstandinglybeautifulwomeninonedaythanourmotherssawthroughouttheirentireadolescence.

Alsomostwomentryingtoachievetheimpossiblestandardsoffemalebeautyhaveinfactbecomeprogressivelymoreunrealisticduringthelastcentury.In1917thephysicallyperfectwomanwasabout5feet4inchestallandweighednearly10stone.Even25yearsagotopmodelsandbeautyqueensweighedonly8%lessthantheaveragewomennowtheyweigh23%less.Thecurrentmediaidealforwomenisachievablebylessthan5%ofthefemalepopulation---andthat’sjustintermsofweightandsize.Ifyouwanttheidealshapefaceetc.it’sprobablymorelike1%.

1.Thepassageismainlyto_____________.

A．comparedifferentviewsonbeautybetweenwomenandmen

B．tellusthatstandardsoffemalebeautyareveryhigh

C．explainwhywomenaremorecriticaloftheirappearancethanmen

D．showusthatwomenpaymoreattentiontotheirappearancethanmen

2.WhichofthefollowingisNOTthereasonwhywomenaremorecriticaloftheirappearance?

A．Peoplepaymoreattentiontotheirappearancethanmen’s.

B．Thecriterion(标准；准则)usedtojudgewomen’sbeautyismorecriticalandlesschangeable.

C．Idealizedimagesoffemalebeau