Well, I sure do. All of my life. It's still splattered all over the media.

My fiance gets away with having a "gut" and doesn't experience any real lack of confidence over it, whereas if I have a belly and some fat on my body, I feel embarrassed and want to hide it every chance I get!

And soon it will be beach weather. I am now dieting to lose 15 lbs so that I can comfortably wear my bikini again. But I now have dimples (ARGH!) on my legs, not lots, but a couple and I am deeply embarrassed to show them.

I am not obsessed with this, but I still feel the pressure to have a beautiful body, even as I get older, and I feel that men don't have the same kind of pressure, or not as bad, as us women do?

So many men walk around almost proud of their gut (if they have one), and so many women feel embarrassed and terrible about themselves if they're showing a few extra pounds.

I just hate it!

I guess what I am saying is:

I feel that we are expected to be beautiful with a sexy, thin and beautiful body, but not men so much. And women are still very much judged for their looks and their bodies, which makes me feel pressured about having a nice body and figure.

Can anyone here relate to this?