Pravda means “truth”.

The “truth” that the Russian Pravda (English edition) presents about women — that is, western women and especially American women — is not necessarily the truth, at least not so much as it is a view one gets when focusing on one particular issue.

Anyway, as per the Pravda, the items shown below are what we in the West see as desirable in women, or as desired goals that women pursue with a passion.  Is it true?  If not, how come we often see the media in the West show images of women that focus on the very same extremes?

The reality of the media is that they make money through drawing attention to excesses.  That is what sells advertising, boosts circulation and bolsters the media’s revenues.

What is true for drawing attention with respect to the sort of women depicted in the following photos and articles is also true of any other social excesses, as in politics, and explains why social excesses gain the attention of, and the support by, the masses.

It is social evolution in action, carried and promoted by targeted propaganda — and the masses gobble it up.

We are driven by propaganda that makes death, whether it is physical, spiritual or economic (as in [1] Barack Obama’s assertion that he will drive coal-fired power generation companies into bankruptcy to save the globe) desirable and worthwhile.

1. Meet Irene Andersen, a woman bodybuilder from Sweden

   [2] This is what Irene Andersen writes about herself on her website [3] http://www.ireneandersen.com
   I was born September 9, 1966, in Denmark. When I was 2 years old, I moved to Sweden and I have been living here since then. I grew up in Malmö but moved to Göteborg when I was 20 years old. Göteborg is still my hometown. During several years I worked for Ulf Bengtsson, the founder of World Class Health Studio.

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2. Anorexic girls look like Nazi camp victims as they try to look like size zero models

   [5] Anorexia nervosa is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes an eating disorder characterized by low body weight and body image distortion with an obsessive fear of gaining weight. Individuals with anorexia often control body weight by voluntary starvation, purging, vomiting, excessive exercise, or other weight control measures, such as diet pills or diuretic drugs. It primarily affects adolescent females in the Western world. Anorexia nervosa is a complex condition, involving psychological, neurobiological, and sociological components.

   Photos: [6] ifun.ru
   Text to all photos by [7] Wikipedia

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3. Hollywood’s most beautiful bosoms

   [The title of this one would more appropriately be “What silicone can do”, but to come down to reality, the question is whether any of them shown will breast-feed or bottle-feed your children. — F4L][9]

   A recent stranget in Moscow, Pamela Anderson, comes third

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So which of those women comes closest to what is normal?  Which of them would you like to sit across from at the breakfast table 30 years from now and have you fix your lunch as you trot off to work, so as to keep up the lifestyle she has become accustomed to and expects you to provide for?

What will the chances be that her main goal in life is to raise your children, to keep you happy and to have a good life with you and your children?