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03-17-2016, 09:51 AM
Chinese women are showing off their thin waists behind a sheet of paper
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It seems like the never-ending quest for the "ideal" body has resulted in a ****** of bizarre memes.
In recent months, we've seen people posting pictures of their thigh gaps, belly buttons (http://mashable.com/2015/06/12/belly-button-challenge/)*and pens under their boobs (http://mashable.com/2016/01/27/underboob-pen-china/), causing us to wonder who even came up with these challenges in the first place.
**w, it looks like the Internet has gone one step further to pressure women to prove that they have tiny midriffs with the "A4 waist challenge."
SEE ALSO: Girls are growing up thinking that how they look is more important than how they feel, and an advertising exec wants to change that (http://mashable.com/2016/03/08/istandup-international-womens-day/)
For the challenge, women are required to take photos of themselves with a piece of A4 printer paper in front of their waists.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/17/a4-waist-challenge/)
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It seems like the never-ending quest for the "ideal" body has resulted in a ****** of bizarre memes.
In recent months, we've seen people posting pictures of their thigh gaps, belly buttons (http://mashable.com/2015/06/12/belly-button-challenge/)*and pens under their boobs (http://mashable.com/2016/01/27/underboob-pen-china/), causing us to wonder who even came up with these challenges in the first place.
**w, it looks like the Internet has gone one step further to pressure women to prove that they have tiny midriffs with the "A4 waist challenge."
SEE ALSO: Girls are growing up thinking that how they look is more important than how they feel, and an advertising exec wants to change that (http://mashable.com/2016/03/08/istandup-international-womens-day/)
For the challenge, women are required to take photos of themselves with a piece of A4 printer paper in front of their waists.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/17/a4-waist-challenge/)
More about Viral (http://mashable.com/category/viral/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Memes (http://mashable.com/memes/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), A4 Waist Challenge (http://mashable.com/category/a4-waist-challenge/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), China (http://mashable.com/category/china/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Weibo (http://mashable.com/category/weibo/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/85zdFF6JaFk