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In Fatema Mernissi’s “Size 6: The Western Women’s Harem,” what kind of woman does the author argue is the Western ideal?Group of answer choicesan athletic woman in her fiftiesa silver haired sixty-year-olda thin adolescent girla voluptuous, blonde college girl

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In Fatema Mernissi’s “Size 6: The Western Women’s Harem,” what kind of woman does the author argue is the Western ideal?Group of answer choicesan athletic woman in her fiftiesa silver haired sixty-year-olda thin adolescent girla voluptuous, blonde college girl

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In Fatema Mernissi’s “Size 6: The Western Women’s Harem,” the author argues that the Western ideal is a thin adolescent girl. Mernissi discusses how Western beauty standards are oppressive towards women, and she uses the example of clothing sizes to illustrate her point. She argues that the ideal woman, according to Western standards, is as thin as an adolescent girl, which is unrealistic and harmful for most women.

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