Brett Silverstein and Colleagues (1986)conducted an Archival Analysis of Photographs

Brett Silverstein and colleagues (1986) conducted an archival analysis of photographs of women appearing in Vogue and Ladies Home Journal from 1901 to 1981.These researchers found that

A) foreign issues of these magazines contained photos of more buxom (i.e.,voluptuous and heavy) women.
B) there was a dip in bust-waist ratio in the 1920s,a leap in the 1940s,and a steady decline since 1960.
C) there have never been greater pressures for women to be thin than during the 1970s.
D) in contrast to women in other countries,women in the United States have consistently aspired to "lean" and "thin."