Conditioned Lyrics

Barbie dolls, princesses

Cartoon girls, small dresses

Somehow it always seemed okay

Harmless shows teaching kids

Skinny means accepted

Wonder why we don't feel okay

Thin girls get the character development

While big girls get to just be big

Society turning lies into reality

Breaking news, nine-year-olds have low self-esteem

We have been

Conditioned

Blind to the truth of beauty

Told to critique our bodies

Since we were children

We've been conditioned

Separate stores and sizes

Telling jokes to hide it

Or better yet, just show more skin

"Stop eating?"

"Hey do you ever eat?"

How can existing make people so angry

Too big, too small, too flat, too tall

Worth measured by looks, but it's not our fault

Thin girls get the lead roles and the runways

Big girls too, but only on a separate stage

Preach equality, it's all the hierarchy

Breaking news, everyone hates their bodies

We have been

Conditioned

Blind to the truth of beauty

Told to critique our bodies

Since we were children

We've been conditioned

We've been conditioned

We have been

Conditioned

But we can change the meaning

Of beauty, not our bodies

So that our children

Won't be conditioned