The history of the ideal body type.

Last week I explored how diet culture has allowed patriarchal beliefs to become deeply ingrained into our society. I briefly touched on how diet culture shifts to match that of societies ideal body type. Therefore, I decided that today I am exploring how the "ideal body type" is an ever changing phenomenon. This week I will be focusing on the idolisation of certain female body types and I plan to write another post concerning male societal standards.