Your point about the pics in fashion magazines (and mens' magazines, for that matter) is well taken. Applying the RL equivalent of an airbrush to one's body is hideously expensive, even with today's advances and competition in the cosmetic surgery market.

I look at the amount of time/money actresses, models and singers spend on this sort of thing as being over on the far right end of the bell curve. Most women I know (and most of the women I see downtown in the corporate world) don't spend anywhere near that amount of time on exercise, makeup, etc., especially married women with children. As you imply, there just isn't time for that, especially if you're trying to maintain a healthy interior life. Keep in mind that Paglia's audience at MIT were mostly single men and women.