It is my increasing conviction that women’s magazines are little more than cheap, glossy, self-hatred indoctrination manuals. Nor is this a phenomenon of the English speaking world.

Mexican women’s weekly GEN boasts a ‘news’ snippet featuring photos of Andy Garcia and Pierce Brosnan with their respective wives. “If there were a prize for the best husbands in the world [they] would surely be nominated,” it proclaims.

Why? GEN minces no words: “their wives are… ‘a little’ heavy and it doesn’t look like they’re doing anything about it.”

Because, obviously, if you’re more than a size 10 and not frantically dieting your husband is totally entitled to ditch your fat arse.