Quote - You're letting "them" get to you, Acadia.

No I'm not.  If I were I'd be colouring my hair and twig thin.

I consider myself  "average", and I know many "average" women, and I can assure you that we all have bouts of low self esteem at times because of the pressure exerted by "society "on women to conform to a certain "ideal".  Unfortunately there are some women  who are willing to jump through hoops in order to conform, regardless of what it does it does to them physically or mentally or emotionally.

"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