According to Sirles, the majority of research dealing with women's efforts to control and manage their weight has

a. failed to recognize the extreme measures, such as licit and illicit drug use, undertaken by women to conform to an American ideal of feminine beauty.
b. failed to document the size and scope of the twin problems of anorexia and bulimia employed by women to conform to an American ideal of feminine beauty.
c. overlooked the role played by men who, as boyfriends and husbands, provide subtle pressures for women to conform to an American ideal of feminine beauty.
d. done a good job of explaining the role of licit but not illicit drug use undertaken by women to conform to an American ideal of feminine beauty.


A

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