Phenomenal Woman

Did you know...

 If shop mannequins were real women, THEY'D BE TOO THIN TO
MENSTRUATE.
 
   There are 3 billion women who don't look like supermodels and
ONLY 8 WHO DO.
   
 Marilyn Monroe wore a SIZE 12.
 
   If Barbie were a real woman, she'd have to walk on all fours
due to her  proportions.
 
 The average American woman weighs 144 lbs. and wears between
a size 12 and 14.

 One out of every 4 college aged women has an eating disorder.
 
   The models in the magazines are airbrushed-THEY'RE NOT
PERFECT!!
 
   A psychological study in 1995 found that 3 minutes spent
looking at models in a fashion magazine caused 70% of women to feel
depressed, guilty and shameful. 
  
 Models who twenty years ago weighed 8% less than the average
woman,  today  weigh 23% less.
 
 Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelou
 
 Pretty women wonder where my secret lies
 I'm not cute or built to suit a model's fashion size
 But when I start to tell them
 They think I'm telling lies.
 I say
 It's in the reach of my arms
 The span of my hips
 The stride of my steps
 The curl of my lips.
 I'm a woman
 Phenomenally
 Phenomenal woman
 That's me.
 
 I walk into a room
 Just as cool as you please
 And to a man
 The fellows stand or
 Fall down on their knees
 Then they swarm around me
 A hive of honey bees.
 I say
 It's the fire in my eyes
 And the flash of my teeth
 The swing of my waist
 And the joy in my feet.
 I'm a woman
 Phenomenal woman
 That's me.
 
 Men themselves have wondered
 What they see in me
 They try so much
 But they can't touch
 My inner mystery.
 When I try to show them
 They say they still can't see.
 I say
 It's in the arch of my back
 The sun of my smile
 The ride of my breasts
 The grace of my style.
 I'm a woman
 Phenomenally
 Phenomenal woman
 That's me.
 
 Now you understand
 Just why my head's not bowed
 I don't shout or jump about
 Or have to talk real loud
 When you see me passing
 It ought to make you proud.
 I say
 It's in the click of my heels
 The bend of my hair
 The palm of my hand
 The need for my care.
 'Cause I'm a woman
 Phenomenally
 Phenomenal woman
 That's me.