Standards of beauty are arbitrary. Body shame exists only to the extent that our physiques don't match our own beliefs about how we should look.

 . ISBN 978-1-59359-979-9. Steering by Starlight: The Science and Magic of Finding Your Destiny.

Martha Nibley Beck (born November 29 1962) is an American sociologist therapist life coach and best-selling author. She received national attention after publication in 2005 of her best-seller Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith in which Martha Beck accuses her father of sexual abuse.