Life in plastic is fantastic.  This was from a song with the characters Barbie and Ken, but has come to stand for the unrealistic beauty standards we aspire for.  If Barbie were a real woman, she would be approx. 6 feet tall with a 39" chest, 16" waist and 33" hip.  She would have to probably walk on all fours due to the size of her head and her long and thin neck, which would struggle to hold her head in place.  While our aspirations are not as scary, they do have some severe repercussions on our mental health.  Are we teaching our children this unreal standard of beauty?  What really is a beauty standard?  Can a population of the most diverse species on this planet have a unified beauty standard?  Sounds absurd when you say it out loud and yet that is more the rule than the exception.  An untiring quest to achieve the impossible.  With everything else we have achieved technologically, medically and spiritually, this is perhaps the dark side of innovation.  Tune in to listen to me attempt to unravel the mysteries of beauty standards.