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I don't understand the "Society makes me feel bad about myself" claims.

Oh you would if you were an average size or God forbid above average in size woman going shopping looking for a cute outfit and  all the really cute outfits are for size 6 and the ones in your size are unflattering and made out of the ugliest material etc.  Whoever thought that large women look good in large bold prints has rocks in their head.

Or going to a sale only to find that all that is left on the racks are for size 6.  Ever wonder why the size 14 and up are snapped up first?  Because that's what most women are, yet skinny girls barely out of puberty made up to look 20 something are shoved in our faces on a daily basis in magazines and TV and movies etc.

Men for some reason don't seem to have a stereotypical norm to try and fit into. Their hair goes gray and they are "distinguished".  

How many hair colour commercials are on during an hour long tv show? It seems like every other one. Who are they geared to?  Women!   If a woman doesn't colour her hair to hide the gray she's "old". Plus take a look at who does the commercials?  You won't find an ugly or fat woman doing them because that's "not appealing" and won't sell their product.  The women are Hollywood celebrities or models. 

The ad execs use beautiful and thin women because it gives the illusion that we too will look like that and have sex appeal etc if we use their product.  It's ad gimmics and unfortunately they work, but they also set the standard by which the rest of us have to live with on a daily basis.

Fat, old, tall, short...it doesn't seem to matter for a man. Tabloids are constantly keeping an eye on the women of Hollywood and when most men put on 10 pounds there is barely a blip on the Tabloid radar.  However a woman puts on 5 pounds and it's splashed everywhere.

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi