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Imagine walking into a party, a jol, a club. You assess the scene. Your eyes scan the room and automatically your gaze lingers a little longer on people you find attractive. “Attractive” to you could be the girl in the short skirt with her shoulders exposed; it could be the one in jeans and a white shirt. “Attractive” could be the guy in the tight pants and T-shirt or the guy in the shorts and shirt. “Attractive” is so personal. Yet there are certain commonalities in what people consider attractive. Top of the list is body shape – girls have to be thin and perfectly curved and guys have to have a six-pack or “Levi lines”.

The majority of people are not naturally this perfect. A combination of genes, personal hormones, lifestyle factors, emotional wellness and physical health determine the shape of one’s body.

As you are discovering, going through puberty into adolescence brings constant body shape changes. There are times that you will feel distinctly unattractive. However, the pressure to look “attractive” is unrelenting. You are reminded at every moment in every magazine, television show, music video and movie that being attractive in a certain set way will ensure you a partner, a fancy car and house and great sexual action. Your own image of yourself is created by the media, your friends and the distorted “you” that you see when you look into your mirror.